Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 339 · 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) blank-page recall (b) watching it again (c) highlighting everything (d) only listening again
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) quizzing with cards (b) staring at the page (c) re-reading the chapter (d) watching it again
4. 4.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
5. 5.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) copying notes neatly (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 state capitals and get 17 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 6 of them right. How many are still wrong?
9. 9.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) you should stop (c) a gap to study again (d) you are bad at it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) copying notes neatly
13. 13.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) ignore them (c) hide them (d) review them, test again
15. 15.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 formulas and get 17 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
18. 18.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
19. 19.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) highlight it all (b) listen once (c) read it many times (d) test yourself often
20. 20.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) tests are just fun (c) it is faster to read (d) it needs no effort
21. 21.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
22. 22.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) nobody (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
23. 23.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 spellings and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
24. 24.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
25. 25.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
27. 27.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
28. 28.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) explaining it aloud (c) blank-page recall (d) watching it again
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) re-reading the chapter (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 10 spellings and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) closed-book writing (c) highlighting everything (d) copying notes neatly
34. 34.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 11 dates and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) explaining it aloud (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
39. 39.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) explaining it aloud (c) covering the answers (d) only listening again

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