Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 679 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
7. 7.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
17. 17.🧠 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?”
18. 18.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.📖 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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