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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 197 · 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 fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) we forget without review
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  8. 8.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) random letters
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  21. 21.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  25. 25.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pictures stick better (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  30. 30.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  37. 37.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  38. 38.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) sleep helps you learn

Answer key

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

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