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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 206 · 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.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) cramming lasts for years
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🧠 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
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  19. 19.🧠 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
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  25. 25.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  27. 27.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
  29. 29.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) testing yourself helps (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  32. 32.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review

Answer key

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

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