Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 642 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.📖 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
5. 5.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
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 the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
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) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
37. 37.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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