Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 65 · 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: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
10. 10.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
12. 12.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
14. 14.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
18. 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
19. 19.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 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

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