Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 321 · 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) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
3. 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
5. 5.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) start a new topic (c) review them, test again (d) hide them
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you are bad at it (b) the topic is useless (c) a gap to study again (d) you should stop
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions
11. 11.🃏 You test yourself on 19 flashcards and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing with cards (c) explaining it aloud (d) closed-book writing
13. 13.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) recalling makes it stick (c) it needs no effort (d) it is faster to read
14. 14.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) staring at the page (c) watching it again (d) only listening again
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) staring at the page
18. 18.🃏 You test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
19. 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
21. 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 dates and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 12 of them right. How many are still wrong?
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) teaching your sibling (c) answering old questions (d) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) copying notes neatly (c) blank-page recall (d) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) quizzing with cards (c) staring at the page (d) blank-page recall
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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) explaining it aloud (b) only listening again (c) copying notes neatly (d) highlighting everything
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) re-reading the chapter (c) quizzing with cards (d) watching it again
35. 35.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🃏 You test yourself on 11 spellings and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
37. 37.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) test yourself often (b) read it many times (c) highlight it all (d) listen once
38. 38.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 spellings and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?

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