Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 971 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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