Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 716 · 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) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
5. 5.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
21. 21.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly

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