Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 755 · 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: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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