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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 174 · 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) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  4. 4.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  5. 5.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) only with pills
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) pictures stick better (d) pills give super memory
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  14. 14.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  16. 16.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) look, forget, guess
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) some kids never forget
  20. 20.🧠 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
  21. 21.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  34. 34.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  36. 36.🧠 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
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  38. 38.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it

Answer key

  1. memory can’t improve
  2. a myth
  3. keep it in memory
  4. no, that is a myth
  5. yes, with good methods
  6. practice improves memory
  7. a fact
  8. step 1
  9. step 3
  10. pills give super memory
  11. pictures stick better
  12. step 1
  13. notice it
  14. False
  15. something you understand
  16. notice, store, recall
  17. a fact
  18. a fact
  19. sleep helps you learn
  20. keep it in memory
  21. False
  22. True
  23. True
  24. bringing it back to mind
  25. a myth
  26. good memory is just luck
  27. practice improves memory
  28. cramming lasts for years
  29. pay attention
  30. everyone forgets things
  31. a myth
  32. meaning makes it stick
  33. testing yourself helps
  34. step 3
  35. pictures stick better
  36. keep it in memory
  37. some kids never forget
  38. False
  39. you keep all you read
  40. notice it

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