Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 109 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Pull it out to keep it in): Active recall: closed-book writing, quizzing with cards, teaching your sibling, answering old questions, covering the answers. Passive review: re-reading the chapter, highlighting everything, copying notes neatly, staring at the page. Teach-back: learn the topic → close the book → explain it simply → check what you missed. Wrong cards go back in the “again” pile: 30 − 7 right = 23.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) watching it again (c) explaining it aloud (d) staring at the page
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) watching it again (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🃏 You test yourself on 27 flashcards and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) only listening again (b) blank-page recall (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it needs no effort (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) highlight it all (b) test yourself often (c) listen once (d) read it many times
14. 14.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) highlighting everything (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) quizzing with cards (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) only listening again
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) covering the answers (c) copying notes neatly (d) answering old questions
18. 18.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) start a new topic (c) hide them (d) review them, test again
20. 20.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
21. 21.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 state capitals and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 17 of them right. How many are still wrong?
23. 23.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 spellings and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
24. 24.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🃏 You test yourself on 10 dates and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
26. 26.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 formulas and get 8 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
27. 27.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 flashcards and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
28. 28.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) explaining it aloud (c) blank-page recall (d) watching it again
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) staring at the page (c) closed-book writing (d) copying notes neatly
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) covering the answers (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 formulas and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 8 of them right. How many are still wrong?
34. 34.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting everything (b) quizzing with cards (c) answering old questions (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 formulas and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 16 of them right. How many are still wrong?
38. 38.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 22 formulas and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
39. 39.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) blank-page recall (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions

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