Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 235 · 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.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) test yourself often (b) read it many times (c) highlight it all (d) listen once
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) watching it again (d) answering old questions
5. 5.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) tests are just fun (c) it is faster to read (d) recalling makes it stick
6. 6.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
8. 8.🃏 You test yourself on 24 dates and get 17 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
9. 9.🃏 You test yourself on 29 Hindi words and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) teaching your sibling
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) quizzing with cards (c) watching it again (d) teaching your sibling
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only a teacher (b) nobody (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only adults
15. 15.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 spellings and get 19 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🃏 You test yourself on 16 spellings and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
19. 19.🧪 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
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) explaining it aloud (c) re-reading the chapter (d) highlighting everything
21. 21.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) hide them (c) start a new topic (d) ignore them
23. 23.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) teaching your sibling (c) answering old questions (d) only listening again
26. 26.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
27. 27.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
28. 28.🃏 You test yourself on 18 formulas and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
29. 29.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud (c) quizzing with cards (d) blank-page recall
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) answering old questions (c) only listening again (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 Hindi words and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 12 formulas and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 12 spellings and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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