Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 704 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
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) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
9. 9.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) read the summary
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines

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