Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 476 · 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.🃏 You test yourself on 23 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
3. 3.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) tests are just fun (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) quizzing with cards (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
5. 5.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 spellings and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
6. 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 26 spellings and get 8 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) watching it again (c) covering the answers (d) answering old questions
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) only listening again (c) copying notes neatly (d) answering old questions
10. 10.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) a gap to study again (c) you are bad at it (d) you should stop
11. 11.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) covering the answers
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) teaching your sibling (c) copying notes neatly (d) only listening again
14. 14.🧪 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
15. 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 flashcards and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?
17. 17.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) anyone, even a toy (c) only a teacher (d) only adults
18. 18.True or false: “re-reading the chapter” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching your sibling (b) re-reading the chapter (c) only listening again (d) staring at the page
20. 20.🃏 You test yourself on 28 flashcards and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
21. 21.🃏 You test yourself on 28 flashcards and get 18 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
22. 22.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
23. 23.🃏 You test yourself on 29 flashcards and get 24 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) staring at the page (c) copying notes neatly (d) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
26. 26.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 24 spellings and get 18 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
27. 27.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 13 formulas and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) staring at the page (c) watching it again (d) quizzing with cards
29. 29.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 formulas and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) answering old questions (c) highlighting everything (d) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
34. 34.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) blank-page recall (c) highlighting everything (d) teaching your sibling
36. 36.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🃏 You test yourself on 23 dates and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
38. 38.🧪 Active recall or passive review: blank-page recall? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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