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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 198 · 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) one reading is enough (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  3. 3.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  5. 5.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) cramming lasts for years (d) attention comes first
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  16. 16.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) one reading is enough (c) we forget without review (d) meaning makes it stick
  24. 24.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) writing it neatly (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
  26. 26.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) sleep helps you learn (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
  34. 34.🧠 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
  35. 35.🧠 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
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) we forget without review
  39. 39.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, with a pill
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pills give super memory

Answer key

  1. meaning makes it stick
  2. pay attention
  3. False
  4. pay attention
  5. notice, store, recall
  6. we forget without review
  7. pay attention
  8. step 3
  9. some kids never forget
  10. step 2
  11. store it
  12. notice it
  13. a myth
  14. attention comes first
  15. some kids never forget
  16. True
  17. step 3
  18. memory can’t improve
  19. pictures stick better
  20. testing yourself helps
  21. a myth
  22. pills give super memory
  23. one reading is enough
  24. False
  25. bringing it back to mind
  26. False
  27. a fact
  28. a myth
  29. notice it
  30. a fact
  31. cramming lasts for years
  32. keep it in memory
  33. sleep helps you learn
  34. not paying attention
  35. keep it in memory
  36. a fact
  37. step 2
  38. memory can’t improve
  39. no, that is a myth
  40. pills give super memory

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