Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 764 · 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) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
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) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
27. 27.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
32. 32.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary

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