Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 86 · 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) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
21. 21.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📖 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
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
35. 35.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
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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