Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 600 · 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) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
38. 38.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud

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