Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 181 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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