Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 354 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary

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