Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 976 · 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: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
36. 36.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
38. 38.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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