Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 343 · 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: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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