Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 395 · 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: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (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 highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time

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