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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. notice, store, recall
  2. notice it
  3. a myth
  4. store it
  5. step 2
  6. cramming lasts for years
  7. keep it in memory
  8. yes, with good methods
  9. a fact
  10. step 3
  11. a fact
  12. False
  13. step 3
  14. we never reviewed them
  15. something you understand
  16. meaning makes it stick
  17. store it
  18. True
  19. pictures stick better
  20. some kids never forget
  21. False
  22. not paying attention
  23. step 1
  24. a myth
  25. store it
  26. no, that is a myth
  27. a myth
  28. good memory is just luck
  29. step 2
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. step 1
  32. a myth
  33. True
  34. attention comes first
  35. True
  36. testing yourself helps
  37. True
  38. a myth
  39. a fact
  40. we forget without review

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