Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 686 · 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 the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory

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