Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 71 · 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: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
12. 12.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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