Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 352 · 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.🧪 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
2. 2.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 dates and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly (c) quizzing with cards (d) covering the answers
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.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering old questions (c) highlighting everything (d) teaching your sibling
10. 10.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
12. 12.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it is faster to read (b) recalling makes it stick (c) tests are just fun (d) it needs no effort
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
18. 18.🧪 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
19. 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🃏 You test yourself on 21 state capitals and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) answering old questions (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
22. 22.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
27. 27.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) hide them (b) start a new topic (c) review them, test again (d) ignore them
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) watching it again (c) closed-book writing (d) highlighting everything
29. 29.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🃏 You test yourself on 16 dates and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) explaining it aloud (c) only listening again (d) blank-page recall
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) answering old questions (c) staring at the page (d) quizzing with cards
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) watching it again (b) quizzing with cards (c) blank-page recall (d) answering old questions
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) highlighting everything (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) staring at the page
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) staring at the page (c) watching it again (d) teaching your sibling
38. 38.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) highlighting everything (d) explaining it aloud
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) covering the answers (c) explaining it aloud (d) teaching your sibling

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