Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 621 · 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) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
31. 31.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary

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