Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 80 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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