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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 177 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  2. 2.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
  6. 6.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
  18. 18.🧠 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) your brain is full (d) names can’t be learned
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  21. 21.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  22. 22.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) no, that is a myth
  23. 23.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 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
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  32. 32.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) one reading is enough (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  38. 38.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. True
  3. False
  4. a myth
  5. some kids never forget
  6. False
  7. step 3
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. we forget without review
  10. attention comes first
  11. a myth
  12. pay attention
  13. keep it in memory
  14. notice it
  15. a fact
  16. meaning makes it stick
  17. practice improves memory
  18. not paying attention
  19. a fact
  20. cramming lasts for years
  21. notice, store, recall
  22. no, that is a myth
  23. True
  24. step 2
  25. a fact
  26. a myth
  27. True
  28. something you understand
  29. a myth
  30. good memory is just luck
  31. good memory is just luck
  32. you keep all you read
  33. a fact
  34. everyone forgets things
  35. notice it
  36. a fact
  37. cramming lasts for years
  38. False
  39. True
  40. step 3

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