Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 178 · 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 explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
20. 20.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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