Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 919 · 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) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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