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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 235 · 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) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  5. 5.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  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.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  11. 11.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) we forget without review
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  17. 17.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  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) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) recall, store, notice
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  27. 27.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  30. 30.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  33. 33.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps

Answer key

  1. one reading is enough
  2. good memory is just luck
  3. we forget without review
  4. notice it
  5. True
  6. one reading is enough
  7. step 1
  8. store it
  9. step 2
  10. a myth
  11. pills give super memory
  12. practice improves memory
  13. step 3
  14. step 2
  15. a myth
  16. good memory is just luck
  17. not paying attention
  18. a fact
  19. store it
  20. testing yourself helps
  21. a fact
  22. testing yourself helps
  23. notice it
  24. notice it
  25. notice, store, recall
  26. pay attention
  27. False
  28. a myth
  29. step 1
  30. True
  31. False
  32. memory can’t improve
  33. True
  34. False
  35. some kids never forget
  36. pay attention
  37. keep it in memory
  38. attention comes first
  39. we forget without review
  40. cramming lasts for years

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