Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 963 · 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.📖 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
35. 35.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines

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