Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 419 · 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 passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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