Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 391 · 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.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) anyone, even a toy (b) nobody (c) only adults (d) only a teacher
2. 2.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) hide them (b) start a new topic (c) ignore them (d) review them, test again
3. 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching your sibling (b) copying notes neatly (c) watching it again (d) re-reading the chapter
7. 7.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) test yourself often (b) highlight it all (c) read it many times (d) listen once
8. 8.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🃏 You test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
10. 10.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 24 spellings and get 18 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
13. 13.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) highlighting everything
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
18. 18.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) copying notes neatly (c) only listening again (d) answering old questions
20. 20.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) you are bad at it (c) a gap to study again (d) the topic is useless
21. 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) watching it again (c) closed-book writing (d) covering the answers
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) quizzing with cards (b) highlighting everything (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) copying notes neatly (c) teaching your sibling (d) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 flashcards and get 16 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 8 of them right. How many are still wrong?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) watching it again (c) teaching your sibling (d) quizzing with cards
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) closed-book writing (c) answering old questions (d) explaining it aloud
30. 30.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🃏 You test yourself on 23 formulas and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
32. 32.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) blank-page recall (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting everything
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 22 formulas and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 spellings and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?

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