Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 650 · 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: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
31. 31.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines

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