Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 145 · 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: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
5. 5.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
22. 22.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
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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