Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 598 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
5. 5.🧠 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?”
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards

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