Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 974 · 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.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
17. 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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