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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 219 · 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: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  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.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  12. 12.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
  15. 15.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only for adults (c) only with pills (d) yes, with good methods
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  20. 20.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  35. 35.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  39. 39.🧠 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
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention

Answer key

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

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