Memory Techniques Worksheet: Self-Testing and Teach-Back

Memory techniques lesson 20: Self-testing and teach-back · Set 82 · 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.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) a gap to study again (c) you should stop (d) you are bad at it
2. 2.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 Hindi words and get 8 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 10 of them right. How many are still wrong?
3. 3.🃏 You test yourself on 20 state capitals and get 15 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
4. 4.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) recalling makes it stick (c) tests are just fun (d) it is faster to read
5. 5.🃏 You test yourself on 10 spellings and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
6. 6.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) staring at the page (c) quizzing with cards (d) answering old questions
8. 8.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only adults (b) only a teacher (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy
9. 9.🃏 You test yourself on 26 Hindi words and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
10. 10.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) ignore them (c) start a new topic (d) hide them
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing with cards (c) answering old questions (d) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) covering the answers (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
14. 14.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) answering old questions (d) highlighting everything
16. 16.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 dates and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) staring at the page (d) copying notes neatly
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) answering old questions (c) quizzing with cards (d) only listening again
19. 19.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
20. 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🃏 You test yourself on 29 formulas and get 23 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
23. 23.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 24 spellings and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 14 of them right. How many are still wrong?
24. 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) re-reading the chapter (c) explaining it aloud (d) only listening again
26. 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 Hindi words and get 14 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 14 of them right. How many are still wrong?
31. 31.True or false: “only listening again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 10 dates and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
33. 33.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) teaching your sibling (c) copying notes neatly (d) staring at the page
35. 35.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “watching it again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing with cards (c) closed-book writing (d) answering old questions
39. 39.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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