Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 877 · 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 glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
2. 2.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
6. 6.🧠 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.”
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards

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