Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 64 · 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) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
29. 29.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
30. 30.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
38. 38.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap

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