Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 129 · 40 questions

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”.

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

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