Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 995 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
4. 4.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers

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