Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 442 · 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.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
12. 12.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
33. 33.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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