Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 972 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
9. 9.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
28. 28.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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