Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 702 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings

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