← How memory works lesson New set →

Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 182 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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”.

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

Answer key

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

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students