Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 160 · 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 recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
23. 23.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling

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