Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 647 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
24. 24.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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