Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 451 · 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 passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) closed-book writing
5. 5.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) highlight it all (c) test yourself often (d) listen once
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) closed-book writing (d) staring at the page
10. 10.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) it is faster to read (c) it needs no effort (d) tests are just fun
11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧪 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
14. 14.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 dates and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
18. 18.🃏 You test yourself on 13 state capitals and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
19. 19.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🃏 You test yourself on 23 Hindi words and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching your sibling (c) highlighting everything (d) quizzing with cards
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 20 flashcards and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) hide them (c) review them, test again (d) start a new topic
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) answering old questions (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching your sibling (b) staring at the page (c) highlighting everything (d) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) covering the answers
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) watching it again (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
30. 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) re-reading the chapter (c) only listening again (d) staring at the page
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) blank-page recall (d) staring at the page
34. 34.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) re-reading the chapter
36. 36.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 21 formulas and get 14 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) blank-page recall (d) only listening again
38. 38.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
40. 40.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) only a teacher (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy

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