Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 849 · 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) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
2. 2.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 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
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
10. 10.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
17. 17.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
35. 35.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
39. 39.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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