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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 136 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) everyone forgets things
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  6. 6.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) attention comes first
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  24. 24.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  29. 29.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  32. 32.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory

Answer key

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

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