Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 846 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
9. 9.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
27. 27.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
29. 29.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
35. 35.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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