Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 590 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
8. 8.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
10. 10.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
20. 20.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again

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