Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 773 · 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) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
31. 31.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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