Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

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

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