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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 190 · 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 myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.🧠 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
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 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
  18. 18.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) you keep all you read
  26. 26.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
  27. 27.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  36. 36.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  39. 39.🧠 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
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. good memory is just luck
  2. memory can’t improve
  3. a fact
  4. True
  5. a myth
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. no, that is a myth
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. a myth
  10. some kids never forget
  11. a fact
  12. you keep all you read
  13. sleep helps you learn
  14. step 2
  15. a fact
  16. step 1
  17. not paying attention
  18. True
  19. a fact
  20. False
  21. step 3
  22. you keep all you read
  23. step 2
  24. step 1
  25. everyone forgets things
  26. yes, with good methods
  27. False
  28. meaning makes it stick
  29. pay attention
  30. notice it
  31. a myth
  32. a myth
  33. notice it
  34. keep it in memory
  35. practice improves memory
  36. True
  37. a myth
  38. step 3
  39. keep it in memory
  40. a myth

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