Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 44 · 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: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
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: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
14. 14.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
31. 31.🔍 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
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
36. 36.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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