Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 303 · 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.🃏 You test yourself on 30 dates and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
2. 2.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) only a teacher (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying notes neatly (c) watching it again (d) staring at the page
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) teaching your sibling (d) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 dates and get 8 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) covering the answers (c) re-reading the chapter (d) blank-page recall
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) answering old questions (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) copying notes neatly (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) answering old questions (c) quizzing with cards (d) copying notes neatly
13. 13.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) you are bad at it (c) the topic is useless (d) a gap to study again
14. 14.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) recalling makes it stick (c) tests are just fun (d) it is faster to read
18. 18.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
19. 19.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) teaching your sibling (c) explaining it aloud (d) only listening again
21. 21.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) quizzing with cards (c) staring at the page (d) copying notes neatly
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) covering the answers (c) teaching your sibling (d) staring at the page
25. 25.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) watching it again (c) closed-book writing (d) only listening again
27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) explaining it aloud (c) only listening again (d) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
30. 30.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) highlighting everything (c) quizzing with cards (d) closed-book writing
35. 35.🃏 You test yourself on 22 spellings and get 18 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 18 dates and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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