Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 915 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
10. 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap

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