Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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