Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 672 · 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: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
5. 5.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
26. 26.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump

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