Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 197 · 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) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
18. 18.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
25. 25.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
36. 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes

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