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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 230 · 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: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  3. 3.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  7. 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  9. 9.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 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
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  27. 27.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  34. 34.🧠 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
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  38. 38.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough

Answer key

  1. True
  2. notice it
  3. False
  4. a fact
  5. one reading is enough
  6. good memory is just luck
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. store it
  9. True
  10. we forget without review
  11. meaning makes it stick
  12. a fact
  13. step 1
  14. keep it in memory
  15. step 3
  16. some kids never forget
  17. a myth
  18. a myth
  19. no, that is a myth
  20. step 3
  21. practice improves memory
  22. memory can’t improve
  23. step 2
  24. a fact
  25. notice it
  26. pay attention
  27. False
  28. a fact
  29. False
  30. everyone forgets things
  31. pay attention
  32. a myth
  33. pay attention
  34. notice, store, recall
  35. a fact
  36. pills give super memory
  37. you keep all you read
  38. True
  39. bringing it back to mind
  40. practice improves memory

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