Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 310 · 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: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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