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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 152 · 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: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  3. 3.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  11. 11.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) testing yourself helps (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  17. 17.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  19. 19.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  24. 24.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  29. 29.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  35. 35.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

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

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