Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 643 · 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.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 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.”
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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