Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 421 · 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.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) it needs no effort (d) recalling makes it stick
2. 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 29 dates and get 7 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: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) the topic is useless (c) you are bad at it (d) a gap to study again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) highlighting everything (c) copying notes neatly (d) teaching your sibling
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) teaching your sibling (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
8. 8.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) test yourself often (c) highlight it all (d) read it many times
9. 9.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
10. 10.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
12. 12.🃏 You test yourself on 10 Hindi words and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
13. 13.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) covering the answers (c) answering old questions (d) teaching your sibling
17. 17.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) quizzing with cards (c) copying notes neatly (d) closed-book writing
20. 20.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 spellings and get 14 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) staring at the page (c) highlighting everything (d) re-reading the chapter
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) closed-book writing (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) covering the answers (c) teaching your sibling (d) answering old questions
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) copying notes neatly (c) quizzing with cards (d) blank-page recall
26. 26.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) only a teacher (d) anyone, even a toy
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) closed-book writing (c) covering the answers (d) only listening again
28. 28.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
31. 31.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) hide them (c) review them, test again (d) ignore them
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) closed-book writing (d) highlighting everything
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) blank-page recall (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
35. 35.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 spellings and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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