Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 784 · 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 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
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
3. 3.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.📖 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
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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