Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 260 · 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) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
13. 13.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
38. 38.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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