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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 231 · 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) everyone forgets things (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
  2. 2.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  7. 7.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  14. 14.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) good memory is just luck
  19. 19.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  23. 23.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  25. 25.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) testing yourself helps (d) we forget without review
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  32. 32.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) we forget without review
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  39. 39.🧠 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
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough

Answer key

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

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