Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 60 · 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.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) test yourself often (c) listen once (d) highlight it all
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) highlighting everything
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) copying notes neatly (c) blank-page recall (d) answering old questions
4. 4.🧪 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) teaching your sibling (c) re-reading the chapter (d) answering old questions
7. 7.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
8. 8.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) it needs no effort (c) tests are just fun (d) it is faster to read
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) explaining it aloud (d) only listening again
10. 10.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only a teacher (b) nobody (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only adults
11. 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) teaching your sibling
14. 14.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
15. 15.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) blank-page recall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) highlighting everything (c) blank-page recall (d) only listening again
18. 18.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 flashcards and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) covering the answers (c) staring at the page (d) quizzing with cards
20. 20.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 spellings and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
21. 21.🃏 You test yourself on 24 formulas and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) covering the answers (c) watching it again (d) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
24. 24.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🃏 You test yourself on 13 dates and get 11 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
26. 26.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) start a new topic (b) review them, test again (c) hide them (d) ignore them
27. 27.🃏 You test yourself on 27 formulas and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
28. 28.🃏 You test yourself on 19 formulas and get 17 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
29. 29.🃏 You test yourself on 17 flashcards and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
30. 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
31. 31.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting everything (c) quizzing with cards (d) teaching your sibling
34. 34.🃏 You test yourself on 28 state capitals and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
35. 35.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) copying notes neatly (c) only listening again (d) highlighting everything
38. 38.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) only listening again (c) staring at the page (d) teaching your sibling

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