Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

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

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