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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 222 · 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) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pills give super memory
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  9. 9.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) practice improves memory (d) good memory is just luck
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  13. 13.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) we forget without review
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  16. 16.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  19. 19.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  25. 25.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  26. 26.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) sleep helps you learn
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  36. 36.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  40. 40.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. you keep all you read
  2. keep it in memory
  3. practice improves memory
  4. step 2
  5. a fact
  6. store it
  7. sleep helps you learn
  8. store it
  9. False
  10. good memory is just luck
  11. a myth
  12. testing yourself helps
  13. True
  14. some kids never forget
  15. sleep helps you learn
  16. something you understand
  17. a myth
  18. step 1
  19. False
  20. False
  21. store it
  22. a fact
  23. step 3
  24. notice it
  25. notice, store, recall
  26. we never reviewed them
  27. notice it
  28. pay attention
  29. a fact
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. pay attention
  33. memory can’t improve
  34. practice improves memory
  35. pictures stick better
  36. False
  37. True
  38. no, that is a myth
  39. everyone forgets things
  40. True

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