Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 507 · 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: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
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: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
38. 38.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes

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