Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 91 · 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) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
11. 11.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
12. 12.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
19. 19.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
27. 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
37. 37.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster

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