Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 798 · 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: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
21. 21.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
23. 23.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
28. 28.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
31. 31.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book

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