Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 87 · 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 with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
27. 27.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines

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