Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 69 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
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: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
36. 36.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend

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