Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 390 · 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.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 flashcards and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
2. 2.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) highlighting everything (c) answering old questions (d) quizzing with cards
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🃏 You test yourself on 20 spellings and get 16 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
6. 6.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) nobody (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
7. 7.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 state capitals and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
8. 8.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) explaining it aloud (c) only listening again (d) covering the answers
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly (c) teaching your sibling (d) closed-book writing
11. 11.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it needs no effort (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 17 dates and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
15. 15.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) covering the answers (c) re-reading the chapter (d) highlighting everything
18. 18.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) test yourself often (b) listen once (c) read it many times (d) highlight it all
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.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
24. 24.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) only listening again
28. 28.🧪 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
29. 29.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) you are bad at it (c) a gap to study again (d) you should stop
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) quizzing with cards (d) only listening again
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing with cards (c) copying notes neatly (d) highlighting everything
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 18 spellings and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
34. 34.🃏 You test yourself on 15 state capitals and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
35. 35.🃏 You test yourself on 20 dates and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
36. 36.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 22 spellings and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) watching it again (c) only listening again (d) covering the answers
38. 38.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 20 spellings and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?

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