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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 172 · 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 myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) recall, store, notice
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  13. 13.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  22. 22.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  23. 23.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, with a pill (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, in a week
  24. 24.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) learning is useless
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck
  27. 27.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) sleep helps you learn
  30. 30.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  37. 37.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough

Answer key

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

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