Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 780 · 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: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
6. 6.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
9. 9.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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