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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 130 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🃏 You test yourself on 10 spellings and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  3. 3.🃏 You test yourself on 10 state capitals and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  4. 4.🃏 You test yourself on 21 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  5. 5.🃏 You test yourself on 24 flashcards and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  6. 6.🃏 You test yourself on 25 spellings and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  7. 7.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 12 formulas and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  8. 8.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
  9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) watching it again (c) blank-page recall (d) quizzing with cards
  10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) re-reading the chapter (c) quizzing with cards (d) staring at the page
  13. 13.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) review them, test again (c) hide them (d) ignore them
  16. 16.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) highlight it all (b) read it many times (c) listen once (d) test yourself often
  18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) copying notes neatly (c) only listening again (d) explaining it aloud
  19. 19.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) blank-page recall (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
  21. 21.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) re-reading the chapter (c) highlighting everything (d) answering old questions
  24. 24.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
  25. 25.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) blank-page recall (c) watching it again (d) explaining it aloud
  28. 28.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) explaining it aloud
  30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) teaching your sibling (c) covering the answers (d) copying notes neatly
  31. 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing with cards (c) explaining it aloud (d) answering old questions
  33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions
  34. 34.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  35. 35.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
  36. 36.🃏 You test yourself on 14 formulas and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  37. 37.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) a gap to study again (b) the topic is useless (c) you should stop (d) you are bad at it
  39. 39.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. active recall
  3. 6
  4. 16
  5. 14
  6. 11
  7. 5
  8. explain it simply
  9. watching it again
  10. active recall
  11. passive review
  12. quizzing with cards
  13. True
  14. False
  15. review them, test again
  16. True
  17. test yourself often
  18. explaining it aloud
  19. False
  20. staring at the page
  21. False
  22. True
  23. answering old questions
  24. close the book
  25. True
  26. passive review
  27. watching it again
  28. passive review
  29. highlighting everything
  30. copying notes neatly
  31. True
  32. re-reading the chapter
  33. re-reading the chapter
  34. active recall
  35. close the book
  36. 5
  37. False
  38. a gap to study again
  39. False
  40. True

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