Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 412 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
8. 8.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
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: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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