Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 763 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
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: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
39. 39.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it

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