Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

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

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