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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. yes, with good methods
  2. you keep all you read
  3. we forget without review
  4. a myth
  5. step 2
  6. step 2
  7. some kids never forget
  8. step 3
  9. keep it in memory
  10. sleep helps you learn
  11. step 3
  12. False
  13. notice, store, recall
  14. step 1
  15. a fact
  16. pay attention
  17. True
  18. no, that is a myth
  19. a myth
  20. some kids never forget
  21. pay attention
  22. False
  23. step 1
  24. testing yourself helps
  25. a myth
  26. we forget without review
  27. a fact
  28. practice improves memory
  29. you keep all you read
  30. True
  31. store it
  32. a myth
  33. practice improves memory
  34. pay attention
  35. good memory is just luck
  36. a fact
  37. notice it
  38. a fact
  39. something you understand
  40. a fact

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