Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 658 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
7. 7.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
17. 17.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter

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