Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 910 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
23. 23.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
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.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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