Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 668 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.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
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
37. 37.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend

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