Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 238 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
8. 8.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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