Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 255 · 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.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 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?
6. 6.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting everything (c) teaching your sibling (d) closed-book writing
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧪 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
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) staring at the page (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) only listening again
12. 12.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) it needs no effort (d) recalling makes it stick
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) answering old questions (c) only listening again (d) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 22 formulas and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 6 of them right. How many are still wrong?
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud (c) copying notes neatly (d) watching it again
19. 19.🃏 You test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
20. 20.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 spellings and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) re-reading the chapter (c) quizzing with cards (d) highlighting everything
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 dates and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) only listening again (c) blank-page recall (d) watching it again
24. 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) watching it again
28. 28.🃏 You test yourself on 28 flashcards and get 24 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
29. 29.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 formulas and get 15 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?
31. 31.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) review them, test again (c) start a new topic (d) hide them
32. 32.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
33. 33.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🃏 You test yourself on 10 state capitals and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
35. 35.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 formulas and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 15 of them right. How many are still wrong?
36. 36.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) anyone, even a toy (c) only adults (d) only a teacher
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly (c) teaching your sibling (d) quizzing with cards
39. 39.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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