Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 601 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
19. 19.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
23. 23.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
36. 36.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers

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