Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 294 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
22. 22.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap

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