Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 511 · 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: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
6. 6.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
12. 12.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
27. 27.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary

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