Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 876 · 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) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
30. 30.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
34. 34.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 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

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