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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 214 · 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: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  7. 7.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  10. 10.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  12. 12.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) writing it neatly (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  29. 29.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  33. 33.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) good memory is just luck
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, with a pill (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, by staring hard

Answer key

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

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