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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 236 · 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: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  3. 3.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  10. 10.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) you are bad at names (d) your brain is full
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  16. 16.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) pills give super memory
  25. 25.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) sleep helps you learn (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  34. 34.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) a word you never heard
  36. 36.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
  37. 37.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. memory can’t improve
  3. bringing it back to mind
  4. a myth
  5. store it
  6. keep it in memory
  7. pay attention
  8. keep it in memory
  9. step 2
  10. False
  11. not paying attention
  12. some kids never forget
  13. a fact
  14. step 1
  15. notice it
  16. False
  17. a fact
  18. practice improves memory
  19. step 1
  20. good memory is just luck
  21. step 2
  22. a fact
  23. step 3
  24. pictures stick better
  25. True
  26. pills give super memory
  27. meaning makes it stick
  28. you keep all you read
  29. keep it in memory
  30. we forget without review
  31. a fact
  32. cramming lasts for years
  33. store it
  34. False
  35. something you understand
  36. notice, store, recall
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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