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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 148 · 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) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  2. 2.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) meaning makes it stick (c) everyone forgets things (d) sleep helps you learn
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  5. 5.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) yes, with good methods (c) only with pills (d) only for adults
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  8. 8.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) a number read once (c) random letters (d) something you understand
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) everyone forgets things
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  13. 13.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  17. 17.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  19. 19.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) meaning makes it stick
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  24. 24.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) attention comes first
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  34. 34.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  39. 39.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget

Answer key

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

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