Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 259 · 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) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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