Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 308 · 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.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching your sibling (b) re-reading the chapter (c) copying notes neatly (d) staring at the page
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) quizzing with cards (c) staring at the page (d) closed-book writing
4. 4.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧪 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
6. 6.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) closed-book writing (c) quizzing with cards (d) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) staring at the page (c) closed-book writing (d) quizzing with cards
12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
13. 13.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) a gap to study again (c) the topic is useless (d) you are bad at it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) covering the answers (c) quizzing with cards (d) only listening again
15. 15.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or learn the topic? (a) explain it simply (b) learn the topic
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) closed-book writing (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
17. 17.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) teaching your sibling (c) re-reading the chapter (d) covering the answers
20. 20.🃏 You test yourself on 20 formulas and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
21. 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 dates and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) copying notes neatly (c) covering the answers (d) closed-book writing
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
24. 24.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) watching it again (c) covering the answers (d) quizzing with cards
28. 28.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
29. 29.🃏 You test yourself on 14 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
30. 30.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 14 dates and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
33. 33.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) highlighting everything (c) covering the answers (d) teaching your sibling
35. 35.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
36. 36.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
37. 37.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 22 state capitals and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) hide them (c) ignore them (d) review them, test again
40. 40.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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