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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 241 · 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: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) forgetting it (d) bringing it back to mind
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) something you understand
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) we forget without review
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  7. 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  15. 15.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  24. 24.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  26. 26.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  35. 35.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  36. 36.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  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 is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  39. 39.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory

Answer key

  1. True
  2. bringing it back to mind
  3. a myth
  4. something you understand
  5. some kids never forget
  6. step 2
  7. good memory is just luck
  8. step 1
  9. cramming lasts for years
  10. store it
  11. step 3
  12. notice it
  13. sleep helps you learn
  14. practice improves memory
  15. True
  16. False
  17. a myth
  18. a myth
  19. we never reviewed them
  20. we forget without review
  21. step 1
  22. attention comes first
  23. pay attention
  24. no, that is a myth
  25. we forget without review
  26. False
  27. True
  28. keep it in memory
  29. a fact
  30. a myth
  31. pictures stick better
  32. you keep all you read
  33. step 2
  34. one reading is enough
  35. not paying attention
  36. False
  37. keep it in memory
  38. some kids never forget
  39. notice, store, recall
  40. practice improves memory

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