Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 582 · 40 questions

Study tip (Test, don’t re-read): More effective: testing yourself, recalling from memory, explaining it aloud, practice questions, quizzing a friend, self-made flashcards. Less effective: re-reading the chapter, highlighting lines, copying notes neatly, glancing at notes. After reading a page: close it, recall it, check, and fix what you missed.

1. 1.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
15. 15.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
25. 25.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines

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