Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 508 · 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: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
2. 2.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
10. 10.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
31. 31.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings

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