Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 297 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
30. 30.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.📖 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
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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