Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 609 · 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: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
15. 15.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
23. 23.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
37. 37.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
38. 38.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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