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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 139 · 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: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  7. 7.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
  11. 11.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
  14. 14.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  21. 21.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  25. 25.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  31. 31.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. step 1
  3. cramming lasts for years
  4. a fact
  5. step 2
  6. pills give super memory
  7. True
  8. step 2
  9. a fact
  10. we never reviewed them
  11. True
  12. False
  13. we forget without review
  14. True
  15. sleep helps you learn
  16. memory can’t improve
  17. step 3
  18. a myth
  19. yes, with good methods
  20. pictures stick better
  21. True
  22. meaning makes it stick
  23. step 1
  24. everyone forgets things
  25. True
  26. memory can’t improve
  27. cramming lasts for years
  28. some kids never forget
  29. a myth
  30. keep it in memory
  31. no, that is a myth
  32. a fact
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. something you understand
  37. notice it
  38. pay attention
  39. store it
  40. a myth

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