Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 953 · 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.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
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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