Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 970 · 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: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
7. 7.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
30. 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud

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