Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 576 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
9. 9.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
13. 13.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
15. 15.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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