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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. yes, with good methods
  2. a myth
  3. False
  4. step 1
  5. step 1
  6. a fact
  7. True
  8. a myth
  9. pictures stick better
  10. step 3
  11. a fact
  12. keep it in memory
  13. testing yourself helps
  14. store it
  15. step 2
  16. True
  17. notice, store, recall
  18. pictures stick better
  19. store it
  20. False
  21. a myth
  22. a fact
  23. one reading is enough
  24. pills give super memory
  25. True
  26. sleep helps you learn
  27. False
  28. pay attention
  29. we forget without review
  30. a fact
  31. pay attention
  32. a fact
  33. notice it
  34. good memory is just luck
  35. True
  36. a fact
  37. bringing it back to mind
  38. pay attention
  39. something you understand
  40. True

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