Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 980 · 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: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
10. 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 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?”
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
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: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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