Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 412 · 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.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) test yourself often (c) highlight it all (d) listen once
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧪 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
4. 4.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) a gap to study again (c) you are bad at it (d) the topic is useless
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
6. 6.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) review them, test again (c) hide them (d) ignore them
7. 7.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
8. 8.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only a teacher (c) only adults (d) anyone, even a toy
9. 9.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
14. 14.🃏 You test yourself on 16 formulas and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
15. 15.🃏 You test yourself on 24 state capitals and get 17 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering old questions (c) highlighting everything (d) explaining it aloud
19. 19.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) answering old questions
21. 21.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) quizzing with cards (c) covering the answers (d) closed-book writing
23. 23.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) re-reading the chapter (c) teaching your sibling (d) answering old questions
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🃏 You test yourself on 18 spellings and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) staring at the page (c) highlighting everything (d) quizzing with cards
29. 29.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) blank-page recall (c) copying notes neatly (d) teaching your sibling
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) closed-book writing (d) explaining it aloud
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) only listening again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
35. 35.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 12 flashcards and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) staring at the page (c) highlighting everything (d) teaching your sibling
37. 37.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) closed-book writing (c) explaining it aloud (d) only listening again
40. 40.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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