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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 147 · 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: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) learning is useless (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 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
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  21. 21.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  24. 24.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  27. 27.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) look, forget, guess (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  30. 30.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  35. 35.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. step 2
  2. everyone forgets things
  3. False
  4. we never reviewed them
  5. meaning makes it stick
  6. practice improves memory
  7. attention comes first
  8. testing yourself helps
  9. a myth
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. a fact
  14. True
  15. keep it in memory
  16. good memory is just luck
  17. a fact
  18. sleep helps you learn
  19. you keep all you read
  20. store it
  21. something you understand
  22. a myth
  23. pills give super memory
  24. False
  25. a fact
  26. sleep helps you learn
  27. notice, store, recall
  28. practice improves memory
  29. store it
  30. not paying attention
  31. a myth
  32. a fact
  33. pictures stick better
  34. we forget without review
  35. False
  36. pay attention
  37. pictures stick better
  38. step 1
  39. one reading is enough
  40. a myth

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