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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 229 · 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 of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  4. 4.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) pills give super memory
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  10. 10.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) the brain is broken
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  24. 24.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) yes, with good methods (c) only for adults (d) only with pills
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  27. 27.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  33. 33.🧠 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
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) bringing it back to mind (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  40. 40.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. sleep helps you learn
  2. a fact
  3. notice it
  4. False
  5. True
  6. a myth
  7. testing yourself helps
  8. a myth
  9. step 3
  10. no, that is a myth
  11. practice improves memory
  12. sleep helps you learn
  13. step 2
  14. a fact
  15. False
  16. we never reviewed them
  17. a fact
  18. pay attention
  19. pay attention
  20. keep it in memory
  21. a myth
  22. testing yourself helps
  23. step 1
  24. yes, with good methods
  25. a myth
  26. not paying attention
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. we forget without review
  31. a fact
  32. step 1
  33. keep it in memory
  34. a myth
  35. bringing it back to mind
  36. pictures stick better
  37. notice it
  38. step 3
  39. memory can’t improve
  40. True

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