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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 170 · 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.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  6. 6.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) forgetting it (c) writing it neatly (d) reading it again
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) testing yourself helps
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) pills give super memory
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  12. 12.🧠 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
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  16. 16.🧠 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  19. 19.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  25. 25.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, with a pill
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  35. 35.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. everyone forgets things
  4. a fact
  5. testing yourself helps
  6. bringing it back to mind
  7. a myth
  8. pills give super memory
  9. step 2
  10. attention comes first
  11. everyone forgets things
  12. keep it in memory
  13. step 1
  14. True
  15. we forget without review
  16. something you understand
  17. memory can’t improve
  18. cramming lasts for years
  19. True
  20. a fact
  21. step 2
  22. keep it in memory
  23. one reading is enough
  24. notice it
  25. no, that is a myth
  26. a fact
  27. step 3
  28. notice it
  29. a myth
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. False
  33. False
  34. pictures stick better
  35. True
  36. a myth
  37. pay attention
  38. a fact
  39. not paying attention
  40. notice it

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