Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 819 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
25. 25.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
29. 29.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
34. 34.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut

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