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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 143 · 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 of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  13. 13.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  21. 21.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) meaning makes it stick
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) sleep helps you learn (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  25. 25.🧠 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
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  27. 27.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  29. 29.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  31. 31.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  34. 34.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  35. 35.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory

Answer key

  1. sleep helps you learn
  2. step 1
  3. a fact
  4. notice it
  5. step 3
  6. a myth
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. a fact
  9. meaning makes it stick
  10. testing yourself helps
  11. sleep helps you learn
  12. you keep all you read
  13. False
  14. keep it in memory
  15. a myth
  16. a myth
  17. pay attention
  18. step 2
  19. memory can’t improve
  20. keep it in memory
  21. False
  22. pills give super memory
  23. you keep all you read
  24. one reading is enough
  25. keep it in memory
  26. step 2
  27. False
  28. notice it
  29. False
  30. pay attention
  31. True
  32. yes, with good methods
  33. testing yourself helps
  34. something you understand
  35. False
  36. some kids never forget
  37. a fact
  38. False
  39. a fact
  40. practice improves memory

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