Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 185 · 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.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 spellings and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
3. 3.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) tests are just fun (c) it needs no effort (d) it is faster to read
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) blank-page recall (c) quizzing with cards (d) watching it again
10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) highlighting everything (c) covering the answers (d) quizzing with cards
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
16. 16.🧪 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
17. 17.🃏 You test yourself on 15 Hindi words and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
18. 18.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 dates and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
20. 20.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🃏 You test yourself on 23 flashcards and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 formulas and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
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 is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
25. 25.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 spellings and get 14 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 13 of them right. How many are still wrong?
26. 26.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
27. 27.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
28. 28.🃏 You test yourself on 27 spellings and get 24 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
29. 29.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) a gap to study again (c) the topic is useless (d) you are bad at it
30. 30.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧪 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
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🃏 You test yourself on 13 Hindi words and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) answering old questions (c) blank-page recall (d) teaching your sibling
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 30 Hindi words and get 28 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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