Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 853 · 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 reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
24. 24.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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