Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 201 · 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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
3. 3.🃏 You test yourself on 19 dates and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
4. 4.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) highlight it all (c) test yourself often (d) read it many times
5. 5.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧪 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
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) re-reading the chapter (c) copying notes neatly (d) closed-book writing
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) watching it again (c) explaining it aloud (d) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
11. 11.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) explaining it aloud (c) watching it again (d) blank-page recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching your sibling (c) answering old questions (d) highlighting everything
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) only listening again (b) teaching your sibling (c) quizzing with cards (d) explaining it aloud
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) blank-page recall (b) staring at the page (c) copying notes neatly (d) highlighting everything
18. 18.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 flashcards and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
19. 19.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) only a teacher (d) anyone, even a toy
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) quizzing with cards (c) highlighting everything (d) staring at the page
21. 21.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or learn the topic? (a) explain it simply (b) learn the topic
22. 22.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) only listening again (c) quizzing with cards (d) teaching your sibling
24. 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it needs no effort (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) watching it again (c) quizzing with cards (d) copying notes neatly
27. 27.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
29. 29.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 spellings and get 12 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) staring at the page (c) covering the answers (d) only listening again
32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 21 spellings and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
33. 33.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) hide them (c) start a new topic (d) review them, test again
34. 34.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) teaching your sibling
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) answering old questions (c) teaching your sibling (d) staring at the page
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 30 state capitals and get 13 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 22 dates and get 16 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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