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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 102 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Notice, store, recall): Three steps, in order: notice it → store it → recall it. If you never noticed it, it was never stored. Facts: practice improves memory, we forget without review, sleep helps you learn, pictures stick better, testing yourself helps. Myths: “some kids never forget”, “memory can’t improve”, “one reading is enough”, “pills give super memory”.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  3. 3.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
  4. 4.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  6. 6.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  11. 11.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) look, forget, guess (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  12. 12.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  16. 16.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only with pills (c) no, never (d) only for adults
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) some kids never forget
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  26. 26.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  31. 31.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  38. 38.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. testing yourself helps
  2. store it
  3. we never reviewed them
  4. something you understand
  5. keep it in memory
  6. True
  7. step 2
  8. False
  9. notice it
  10. meaning makes it stick
  11. notice, store, recall
  12. True
  13. step 2
  14. not paying attention
  15. keep it in memory
  16. True
  17. a fact
  18. a myth
  19. yes, with good methods
  20. step 1
  21. everyone forgets things
  22. we forget without review
  23. a myth
  24. step 1
  25. pay attention
  26. True
  27. memory can’t improve
  28. practice improves memory
  29. a fact
  30. you keep all you read
  31. False
  32. some kids never forget
  33. store it
  34. memory can’t improve
  35. step 3
  36. a fact
  37. one reading is enough
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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