Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 984 · 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: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
5. 5.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
16. 16.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
33. 33.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
35. 35.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers

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