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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. no, that is a myth
  2. a myth
  3. a myth
  4. True
  5. something you understand
  6. memory can’t improve
  7. True
  8. a myth
  9. cramming lasts for years
  10. a fact
  11. pay attention
  12. bringing it back to mind
  13. step 1
  14. everyone forgets things
  15. False
  16. keep it in memory
  17. step 3
  18. True
  19. sleep helps you learn
  20. False
  21. store it
  22. testing yourself helps
  23. you keep all you read
  24. attention comes first
  25. a myth
  26. a fact
  27. False
  28. good memory is just luck
  29. step 1
  30. a fact
  31. a fact
  32. cramming lasts for years
  33. a myth
  34. some kids never forget
  35. False
  36. meaning makes it stick
  37. pay attention
  38. a fact
  39. you keep all you read
  40. True

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