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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 140 · 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: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) testing yourself helps (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pictures stick better (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  7. 7.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  14. 14.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  24. 24.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  26. 26.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  32. 32.🧠 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
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  37. 37.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps

Answer key

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

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