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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 215 · 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 step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  2. 2.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  13. 13.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  16. 16.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  22. 22.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  26. 26.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  31. 31.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  36. 36.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) something you understand
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2

Answer key

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

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