Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 198 · 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.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) answering old questions (d) teaching your sibling
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) copying notes neatly (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying notes neatly (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 formulas and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
9. 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or learn the topic? (a) explain it simply (b) learn the topic
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) highlighting everything (c) explaining it aloud (d) answering old questions
14. 14.🧪 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
15. 15.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) blank-page recall (c) copying notes neatly (d) closed-book writing
17. 17.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 flashcards and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
20. 20.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 18 spellings and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
22. 22.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) highlight it all (b) test yourself often (c) listen once (d) read it many times
24. 24.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) closed-book writing (c) quizzing with cards (d) copying notes neatly
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) only listening again (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) teaching your sibling
28. 28.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 formulas and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
29. 29.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you are bad at it (b) the topic is useless (c) you should stop (d) a gap to study again
30. 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 11 spellings and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) highlighting everything (c) copying notes neatly (d) staring at the page
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) covering the answers (c) explaining it aloud (d) watching it again
35. 35.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 spellings and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
38. 38.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 17 state capitals and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?

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