Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 981 · 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: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
14. 14.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”

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