Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 128 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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 is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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