Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 457 · 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.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting everything (b) blank-page recall (c) answering old questions (d) quizzing with cards
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
3. 3.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
4. 4.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) start a new topic (c) hide them (d) ignore them
5. 5.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it is faster to read (b) it needs no effort (c) tests are just fun (d) recalling makes it stick
6. 6.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) copying notes neatly (c) closed-book writing (d) teaching your sibling
9. 9.🃏 You test yourself on 28 formulas and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
10. 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) blank-page recall (c) copying notes neatly (d) covering the answers
13. 13.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 flashcards and get 17 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
14. 14.🃏 You test yourself on 17 spellings and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🃏 You test yourself on 18 formulas and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
18. 18.🃏 You test yourself on 21 flashcards and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
19. 19.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) re-reading the chapter (c) watching it again (d) highlighting everything
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.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
23. 23.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 state capitals and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
24. 24.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting everything (c) quizzing with cards (d) teaching your sibling
26. 26.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) closed-book writing
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) blank-page recall (c) re-reading the chapter (d) highlighting everything
31. 31.🧪 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
32. 32.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 formulas and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) copying notes neatly (c) staring at the page (d) quizzing with cards
37. 37.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🃏 You test yourself on 14 spellings and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
39. 39.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book

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