Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 629 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
12. 12.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
15. 15.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 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.”
34. 34.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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