Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 420 · 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) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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