Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 232 · 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.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 state capitals and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 12 formulas and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
6. 6.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🃏 You test yourself on 27 formulas and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) re-reading the chapter (c) answering old questions (d) explaining it aloud
9. 9.🃏 You test yourself on 13 dates and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
10. 10.🃏 You test yourself on 26 state capitals and get 18 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
11. 11.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 flashcards and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you are bad at it (b) you should stop (c) the topic is useless (d) a gap to study again
14. 14.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
16. 16.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 22 spellings and get 15 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
18. 18.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) highlight it all (b) test yourself often (c) read it many times (d) listen once
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) staring at the page (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
20. 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 29 spellings and get 22 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
22. 22.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 27 dates and get 16 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 8 of them right. How many are still wrong?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) covering the answers (d) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 29 spellings and get 20 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) watching it again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) copying notes neatly
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
32. 32.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) answering old questions (d) staring at the page
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) teaching your sibling (c) watching it again (d) covering the answers
35. 35.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 20 state capitals and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) highlighting everything (c) staring at the page (d) teaching your sibling
40. 40.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic

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