Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 583 · 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.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
3. 3.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut

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