Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 967 · 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) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
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 is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

Free exam preparation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/exam-preparation-tips