Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 293 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
21. 21.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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