Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 463 · 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: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
4. 4.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only a teacher (c) only adults (d) anyone, even a toy
5. 5.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) watching it again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
10. 10.🧪 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
11. 11.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 12 state capitals and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
12. 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) staring at the page (c) teaching your sibling (d) only listening again
16. 16.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
17. 17.🃏 You test yourself on 24 Hindi words and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) only listening again (c) blank-page recall (d) closed-book writing
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) read it many times (c) highlight it all (d) test yourself often
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) answering old questions (c) explaining it aloud (d) teaching your sibling
22. 22.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 state capitals and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
23. 23.🃏 You test yourself on 15 flashcards and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
24. 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🃏 You test yourself on 11 state capitals and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
26. 26.🃏 You test yourself on 14 spellings and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) teaching your sibling (c) quizzing with cards (d) closed-book writing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) blank-page recall (c) quizzing with cards (d) watching it again
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) teaching your sibling (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
30. 30.True or false: “highlighting everything” 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.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 27 spellings and get 12 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
35. 35.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) watching it again (b) blank-page recall (c) quizzing with cards (d) closed-book writing
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting everything (c) re-reading the chapter (d) only listening again
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) copying notes neatly (c) watching it again (d) closed-book writing
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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