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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 166 · 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) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  2. 2.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  3. 3.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) learning is useless
  4. 4.🧠 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
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  6. 6.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  10. 10.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  19. 19.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) reading it again (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  31. 31.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  34. 34.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  36. 36.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory

Answer key

  1. practice improves memory
  2. something you understand
  3. we never reviewed them
  4. keep it in memory
  5. testing yourself helps
  6. True
  7. step 1
  8. notice it
  9. notice it
  10. True
  11. a fact
  12. a fact
  13. attention comes first
  14. step 3
  15. True
  16. store it
  17. testing yourself helps
  18. store it
  19. bringing it back to mind
  20. memory can’t improve
  21. a fact
  22. everyone forgets things
  23. pills give super memory
  24. pay attention
  25. a fact
  26. a fact
  27. step 1
  28. pay attention
  29. meaning makes it stick
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. False
  32. False
  33. step 2
  34. step 3
  35. cramming lasts for years
  36. notice, store, recall
  37. pay attention
  38. a fact
  39. False
  40. we forget without review

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