Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 725 · 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) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
18. 18.🧠 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.”
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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