Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 734 · 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) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
31. 31.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards

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