Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 844 · 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 copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
2. 2.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.📖 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
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 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

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