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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

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

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