Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 795 · 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: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
21. 21.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
22. 22.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap

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