Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 384 · 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: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time

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