Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 701 · 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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
24. 24.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again

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