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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 104 · 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.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  13. 13.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) good memory is just luck (d) attention comes first
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  29. 29.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) random letters
  30. 30.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) only with pills
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. notice it
  4. a myth
  5. False
  6. step 1
  7. a fact
  8. step 3
  9. a fact
  10. notice it
  11. step 1
  12. sleep helps you learn
  13. False
  14. a myth
  15. True
  16. a myth
  17. bringing it back to mind
  18. you keep all you read
  19. store it
  20. good memory is just luck
  21. a fact
  22. not paying attention
  23. cramming lasts for years
  24. good memory is just luck
  25. a myth
  26. pay attention
  27. a fact
  28. practice improves memory
  29. something you understand
  30. yes, with good methods
  31. notice it
  32. store it
  33. memory can’t improve
  34. attention comes first
  35. a myth
  36. step 2
  37. a myth
  38. everyone forgets things
  39. meaning makes it stick
  40. we forget without review

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