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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 137 · 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 step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  9. 9.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 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
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  30. 30.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  31. 31.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  33. 33.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) writing it neatly
  34. 34.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  35. 35.🧠 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
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. a fact
  3. a myth
  4. False
  5. step 1
  6. step 2
  7. step 2
  8. everyone forgets things
  9. True
  10. True
  11. pictures stick better
  12. testing yourself helps
  13. memory can’t improve
  14. store it
  15. a fact
  16. True
  17. we never reviewed them
  18. a myth
  19. memory can’t improve
  20. a fact
  21. False
  22. a fact
  23. True
  24. you keep all you read
  25. a fact
  26. cramming lasts for years
  27. cramming lasts for years
  28. pictures stick better
  29. we forget without review
  30. no, that is a myth
  31. False
  32. notice it
  33. bringing it back to mind
  34. notice, store, recall
  35. keep it in memory
  36. attention comes first
  37. a myth
  38. notice it
  39. a myth
  40. True

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