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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 117 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  4. 4.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) sleep helps you learn (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
  7. 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
  10. 10.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only with pills (c) only for adults (d) no, never
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  12. 12.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  15. 15.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) attention comes first
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  22. 22.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
  23. 23.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  40. 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention

Answer key

  1. False
  2. one reading is enough
  3. store it
  4. False
  5. testing yourself helps
  6. you keep all you read
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. some kids never forget
  9. practice improves memory
  10. yes, with good methods
  11. attention comes first
  12. False
  13. False
  14. step 1
  15. True
  16. step 3
  17. keep it in memory
  18. step 2
  19. cramming lasts for years
  20. a myth
  21. pay attention
  22. no, that is a myth
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. notice it
  27. practice improves memory
  28. a fact
  29. False
  30. notice it
  31. pills give super memory
  32. a fact
  33. pay attention
  34. we forget without review
  35. step 1
  36. a myth
  37. a myth
  38. we never reviewed them
  39. notice it
  40. not paying attention

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