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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 153 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) bringing it back to mind (d) writing it neatly
  5. 5.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  8. 8.🧠 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
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  15. 15.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  18. 18.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) pills give super memory
  24. 24.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  29. 29.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) practice improves memory (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
  34. 34.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) only with pills
  35. 35.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) meaning makes it stick

Answer key

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

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