Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 246 · 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 active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
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: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
34. 34.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it

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