Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 645 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
2. 2.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
17. 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 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.”
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
29. 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary

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