Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 708 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
6. 6.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
17. 17.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
26. 26.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary

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