Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 504 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary

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