Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 669 · 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.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
16. 16.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
27. 27.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.📖 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
30. 30.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
36. 36.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
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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