Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 595 · 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.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
8. 8.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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