Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 666 · 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 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
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 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
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 passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📖 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
29. 29.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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