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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. yes, with good methods
  2. keep it in memory
  3. True
  4. a myth
  5. notice it
  6. step 1
  7. a myth
  8. a fact
  9. bringing it back to mind
  10. step 3
  11. one reading is enough
  12. meaning makes it stick
  13. keep it in memory
  14. no, that is a myth
  15. a myth
  16. testing yourself helps
  17. not paying attention
  18. True
  19. step 2
  20. keep it in memory
  21. pay attention
  22. True
  23. a myth
  24. you keep all you read
  25. False
  26. step 1
  27. notice it
  28. True
  29. False
  30. practice improves memory
  31. a fact
  32. some kids never forget
  33. a myth
  34. a fact
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. step 3
  37. a fact
  38. False
  39. notice it
  40. a fact

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