Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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