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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. attention comes first
  2. we forget without review
  3. attention comes first
  4. notice, store, recall
  5. pictures stick better
  6. step 1
  7. testing yourself helps
  8. some kids never forget
  9. bringing it back to mind
  10. step 2
  11. True
  12. pills give super memory
  13. store it
  14. False
  15. pay attention
  16. a fact
  17. you keep all you read
  18. pills give super memory
  19. step 2
  20. pay attention
  21. pay attention
  22. notice it
  23. step 3
  24. False
  25. meaning makes it stick
  26. you keep all you read
  27. False
  28. step 1
  29. step 3
  30. a myth
  31. we never reviewed them
  32. a fact
  33. a fact
  34. a myth
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. a myth
  37. a fact
  38. sleep helps you learn
  39. not paying attention
  40. a fact

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