Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 745 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 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

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