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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 159 · 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.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) covering the answers (d) re-reading the chapter
  3. 3.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you are bad at it (b) you should stop (c) the topic is useless (d) a gap to study again
  4. 4.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
  5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) covering the answers (c) watching it again (d) teaching your sibling
  6. 6.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 dates and get 12 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 6 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  7. 7.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
  8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) explaining it aloud (b) watching it again (c) only listening again (d) highlighting everything
  9. 9.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 22 spellings and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) teaching your sibling (c) copying notes neatly (d) watching it again
  11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  13. 13.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
  15. 15.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🃏 You test yourself on 20 Hindi words and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 dates and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) highlighting everything (d) covering the answers
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) answering old questions (c) blank-page recall (d) re-reading the chapter
  20. 20.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧪 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
  22. 22.🃏 You test yourself on 22 formulas and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  23. 23.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) copying notes neatly (d) covering the answers
  25. 25.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) blank-page recall (c) re-reading the chapter (d) highlighting everything
  27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  28. 28.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  30. 30.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) anyone, even a toy (c) only adults (d) only a teacher
  33. 33.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) only listening again (b) closed-book writing (c) answering old questions (d) covering the answers
  36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) watching it again (c) answering old questions (d) copying notes neatly
  37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) re-reading the chapter (c) highlighting everything (d) teaching your sibling
  38. 38.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 formulas and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 14 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  40. 40.🃏 You test yourself on 21 dates and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. re-reading the chapter
  3. a gap to study again
  4. explain it simply
  5. watching it again
  6. 5
  7. explain it simply
  8. explaining it aloud
  9. 10
  10. teaching your sibling
  11. passive review
  12. active recall
  13. True
  14. learn the topic
  15. True
  16. 15
  17. 10
  18. covering the answers
  19. re-reading the chapter
  20. True
  21. review them, test again
  22. 18
  23. True
  24. copying notes neatly
  25. False
  26. blank-page recall
  27. active recall
  28. True
  29. passive review
  30. False
  31. True
  32. anyone, even a toy
  33. True
  34. passive review
  35. only listening again
  36. answering old questions
  37. teaching your sibling
  38. 6
  39. active recall
  40. 17

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