Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 259 · 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: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or learn the topic? (a) explain it simply (b) learn the topic
3. 3.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) highlight it all (c) read it many times (d) test yourself often
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) re-reading the chapter (c) explaining it aloud (d) only listening again
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) teaching your sibling (d) copying notes neatly
9. 9.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 29 flashcards and get 14 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 12 of them right. How many are still wrong?
11. 11.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) only listening again (c) answering old questions (d) quizzing with cards
13. 13.🃏 You test yourself on 23 flashcards and get 20 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) only listening again (c) copying notes neatly (d) blank-page recall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) covering the answers
17. 17.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) anyone, even a toy (c) only a teacher (d) nobody
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) covering the answers (c) watching it again (d) closed-book writing
19. 19.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) hide them (b) ignore them (c) review them, test again (d) start a new topic
20. 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🃏 You test yourself on 10 dates and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
22. 22.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🃏 You test yourself on 26 formulas and get 18 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
24. 24.🃏 You test yourself on 12 flashcards and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) staring at the page (c) quizzing with cards (d) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🃏 You test yourself on 26 spellings and get 19 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) watching it again (b) explaining it aloud (c) teaching your sibling (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it needs no effort (c) it is faster to read (d) recalling makes it stick
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) quizzing with cards (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) watching it again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
32. 32.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🃏 You test yourself on 18 dates and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
35. 35.🃏 You test yourself on 11 flashcards and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) staring at the page (c) teaching your sibling (d) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 22 spellings and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 flashcards and get 15 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?

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