Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 187 · 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.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) a gap to study again (c) you are bad at it (d) you should stop
2. 2.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
3. 3.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) staring at the page (c) answering old questions (d) copying notes neatly
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
6. 6.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 flashcards and get 18 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) teaching your sibling (c) closed-book writing (d) highlighting everything
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) closed-book writing (c) blank-page recall (d) only listening again
10. 10.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 formulas and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
11. 11.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) highlighting everything
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) copying notes neatly
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying notes neatly (c) re-reading the chapter (d) watching it again
20. 20.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 dates and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
21. 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🃏 You test yourself on 20 flashcards and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
23. 23.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) covering the answers (c) copying notes neatly (d) answering old questions
25. 25.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) start a new topic (c) review them, test again (d) hide them
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) copying notes neatly (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
28. 28.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) read it many times (c) highlight it all (d) test yourself often
29. 29.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) it is faster to read (c) tests are just fun (d) it needs no effort
30. 30.🃏 You test yourself on 19 state capitals and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
31. 31.🃏 You test yourself on 29 formulas and get 26 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
32. 32.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) blank-page recall (c) watching it again (d) staring at the page
36. 36.🃏 You test yourself on 23 state capitals and get 21 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
37. 37.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) copying notes neatly (d) blank-page recall
39. 39.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 formulas and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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