Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 543 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
14. 14.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
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: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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