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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 176 · 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) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  4. 4.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) random letters
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) testing yourself helps (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  9. 9.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  13. 13.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  20. 20.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  22. 22.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) only with pills
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) attention comes first
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  34. 34.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  40. 40.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. pictures stick better
  2. sleep helps you learn
  3. pay attention
  4. something you understand
  5. pills give super memory
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. store it
  8. step 3
  9. True
  10. we never reviewed them
  11. a fact
  12. testing yourself helps
  13. False
  14. we forget without review
  15. step 1
  16. testing yourself helps
  17. a fact
  18. a fact
  19. store it
  20. not paying attention
  21. some kids never forget
  22. yes, with good methods
  23. good memory is just luck
  24. we forget without review
  25. step 2
  26. a myth
  27. good memory is just luck
  28. you keep all you read
  29. pills give super memory
  30. store it
  31. one reading is enough
  32. a myth
  33. cramming lasts for years
  34. False
  35. a myth
  36. attention comes first
  37. a myth
  38. some kids never forget
  39. notice it
  40. False

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