Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 209 · 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.🃏 You test yourself on 21 dates and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) highlighting everything (c) quizzing with cards (d) blank-page recall
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) watching it again (b) covering the answers (c) blank-page recall (d) closed-book writing
4. 4.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) you are bad at it (c) a gap to study again (d) the topic is useless
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
6. 6.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
7. 7.🧪 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
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) watching it again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions
9. 9.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) staring at the page (b) teaching your sibling (c) covering the answers (d) answering old questions
13. 13.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) quizzing with cards (c) only listening again (d) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) tests are just fun (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
16. 16.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🃏 You test yourself on 17 flashcards and get 13 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
18. 18.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) blank-page recall (c) teaching your sibling (d) only listening again
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) blank-page recall (c) teaching your sibling (d) only listening again
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) highlighting everything (c) blank-page recall (d) covering the answers
22. 22.🃏 You test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
23. 23.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) blank-page recall (c) only listening again (d) staring at the page
26. 26.🃏 You test yourself on 11 dates and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
27. 27.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) teaching your sibling (c) explaining it aloud (d) watching it again
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching your sibling (c) re-reading the chapter (d) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
32. 32.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🃏 You test yourself on 15 state capitals and get 13 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
35. 35.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 12 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) ignore them (c) hide them (d) start a new topic
40. 40.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed

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