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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 150 · 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 myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  4. 4.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  14. 14.🧠 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
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) testing yourself helps (d) some kids never forget
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  27. 27.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  28. 28.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  30. 30.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) attention comes first
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  37. 37.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) reading it again
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
  40. 40.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. good memory is just luck
  2. some kids never forget
  3. pay attention
  4. True
  5. step 3
  6. keep it in memory
  7. step 1
  8. a fact
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. pay attention
  14. keep it in memory
  15. a myth
  16. pills give super memory
  17. a fact
  18. notice it
  19. practice improves memory
  20. a fact
  21. testing yourself helps
  22. everyone forgets things
  23. cramming lasts for years
  24. a fact
  25. store it
  26. pay attention
  27. no, that is a myth
  28. something you understand
  29. we forget without review
  30. True
  31. step 1
  32. cramming lasts for years
  33. a myth
  34. a fact
  35. True
  36. step 3
  37. bringing it back to mind
  38. a myth
  39. we never reviewed them
  40. True

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