Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 434 · 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.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 18 spellings and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
3. 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 18 formulas and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
5. 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
6. 6.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) blank-page recall (c) quizzing with cards (d) teaching your sibling
9. 9.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) highlighting everything (c) covering the answers (d) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) answering old questions (c) copying notes neatly (d) highlighting everything
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) closed-book writing (c) copying notes neatly (d) staring at the page
15. 15.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) review them, test again (c) start a new topic (d) hide them
16. 16.🃏 You test yourself on 19 flashcards and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) teaching your sibling (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
19. 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) quizzing with cards
22. 22.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only a teacher (b) only adults (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy
24. 24.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) teaching your sibling (c) staring at the page (d) covering the answers
26. 26.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 flashcards and get 17 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 8 of them right. How many are still wrong?
27. 27.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
28. 28.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) only listening again
30. 30.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🃏 You test yourself on 23 formulas and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
34. 34.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) a gap to study again (c) the topic is useless (d) you are bad at it
35. 35.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) highlight it all (c) listen once (d) test yourself often
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) covering the answers (c) re-reading the chapter (d) watching it again
37. 37.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 27 formulas and get 25 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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