Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 613 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
15. 15.📖 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
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
18. 18.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
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.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump

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