Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 219 · 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: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🃏 You test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) covering the answers (d) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) anyone, even a toy (b) nobody (c) only adults (d) only a teacher
5. 5.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) test yourself often (c) listen once (d) highlight it all
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) watching it again (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
7. 7.🧪 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
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) staring at the page (d) blank-page recall
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) answering old questions (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) explaining it aloud (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
15. 15.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) covering the answers (c) teaching your sibling (d) quizzing with cards
19. 19.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 spellings and get 8 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 12 of them right. How many are still wrong?
20. 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
24. 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) the topic is useless (c) a gap to study again (d) you are bad at it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) blank-page recall (c) only listening again (d) covering the answers
27. 27.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
30. 30.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) answering old questions
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) only listening again (c) closed-book writing (d) staring at the page
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) explaining it aloud (d) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
39. 39.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 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?
40. 40.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) review them, test again (c) hide them (d) start a new topic

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