Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 759 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
37. 37.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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