Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 997 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
26. 26.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings

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