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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 120 · 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.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  4. 4.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  10. 10.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  27. 27.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  32. 32.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) you keep all you read

Answer key

  1. False
  2. practice improves memory
  3. step 3
  4. notice, store, recall
  5. a fact
  6. attention comes first
  7. step 1
  8. not paying attention
  9. keep it in memory
  10. False
  11. step 1
  12. a myth
  13. a myth
  14. yes, with good methods
  15. a fact
  16. sleep helps you learn
  17. a myth
  18. True
  19. a fact
  20. notice it
  21. cramming lasts for years
  22. False
  23. a fact
  24. True
  25. a fact
  26. store it
  27. True
  28. we forget without review
  29. notice it
  30. some kids never forget
  31. pictures stick better
  32. True
  33. good memory is just luck
  34. everyone forgets things
  35. a myth
  36. pay attention
  37. True
  38. step 2
  39. attention comes first
  40. you keep all you read

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