Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 147 · 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.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
2. 2.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
3. 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) copying notes neatly (c) covering the answers (d) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) hide them (b) ignore them (c) start a new topic (d) review them, test again
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) you should stop (c) you are bad at it (d) a gap to study again
8. 8.🃏 You test yourself on 23 formulas and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
9. 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🃏 You test yourself on 12 dates and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) blank-page recall (b) staring at the page (c) re-reading the chapter (d) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
14. 14.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
15. 15.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) answering old questions (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) blank-page recall (c) teaching your sibling (d) quizzing with cards
19. 19.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 Hindi words and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 10 of them right. How many are still wrong?
21. 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 spellings and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) quizzing with cards (c) blank-page recall (d) teaching your sibling
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) only listening again (b) quizzing with cards (c) covering the answers (d) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
26. 26.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
29. 29.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) test yourself often (c) highlight it all (d) listen once
30. 30.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) covering the answers (c) explaining it aloud (d) staring at the page
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) highlighting everything
35. 35.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) answering old questions (c) covering the answers (d) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) watching it again (c) staring at the page (d) quizzing with cards
39. 39.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students