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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 124 · 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) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) good memory is just luck (d) meaning makes it stick
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  7. 7.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
  10. 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  12. 12.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) forgetting it (c) writing it neatly (d) reading it again
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) random letters
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) some kids never forget
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  23. 23.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  26. 26.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  31. 31.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  38. 38.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  40. 40.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. good memory is just luck
  2. memory can’t improve
  3. pay attention
  4. a myth
  5. attention comes first
  6. keep it in memory
  7. False
  8. practice improves memory
  9. one reading is enough
  10. we never reviewed them
  11. step 1
  12. False
  13. step 1
  14. a fact
  15. a myth
  16. step 3
  17. bringing it back to mind
  18. a fact
  19. False
  20. something you understand
  21. testing yourself helps
  22. step 3
  23. False
  24. a fact
  25. step 2
  26. False
  27. a myth
  28. step 2
  29. a myth
  30. pay attention
  31. True
  32. a fact
  33. False
  34. one reading is enough
  35. a fact
  36. False
  37. notice it
  38. True
  39. sleep helps you learn
  40. False

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