Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 479 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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