Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 800 · 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 practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
28. 28.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes

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