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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 144 · 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: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  6. 6.🧠 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
  7. 7.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  10. 10.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  13. 13.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, in a week
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) good memory is just luck
  15. 15.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  18. 18.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) attention comes first
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) good memory is just luck
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  33. 33.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  34. 34.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  36. 36.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. store it
  3. a myth
  4. one reading is enough
  5. store it
  6. keep it in memory
  7. False
  8. memory can’t improve
  9. store it
  10. False
  11. a fact
  12. step 2
  13. no, that is a myth
  14. good memory is just luck
  15. True
  16. step 1
  17. testing yourself helps
  18. False
  19. True
  20. a fact
  21. keep it in memory
  22. attention comes first
  23. notice it
  24. pictures stick better
  25. some kids never forget
  26. meaning makes it stick
  27. testing yourself helps
  28. a fact
  29. False
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. notice, store, recall
  33. bringing it back to mind
  34. not paying attention
  35. meaning makes it stick
  36. False
  37. a fact
  38. memory can’t improve
  39. step 2
  40. sleep helps you learn

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