Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 319 · 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.🧠 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.📖 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines

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