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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 220 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  2. 2.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  4. 4.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  14. 14.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  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.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  18. 18.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) one reading is enough (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  21. 21.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  22. 22.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  25. 25.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  31. 31.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) we forget without review
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better

Answer key

  1. memory can’t improve
  2. False
  3. store it
  4. True
  5. False
  6. a fact
  7. step 1
  8. step 2
  9. sleep helps you learn
  10. a fact
  11. pictures stick better
  12. step 1
  13. store it
  14. we never reviewed them
  15. a myth
  16. keep it in memory
  17. not paying attention
  18. False
  19. a myth
  20. everyone forgets things
  21. yes, with good methods
  22. notice, store, recall
  23. a fact
  24. one reading is enough
  25. something you understand
  26. step 3
  27. pills give super memory
  28. step 2
  29. everyone forgets things
  30. store it
  31. False
  32. False
  33. pay attention
  34. a myth
  35. attention comes first
  36. good memory is just luck
  37. you keep all you read
  38. False
  39. step 3
  40. cramming lasts for years

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