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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 243 · 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: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  3. 3.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  9. 9.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  20. 20.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) only with pills (d) yes, with good methods
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
  24. 24.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  26. 26.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  32. 32.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  35. 35.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory

Answer key

  1. True
  2. step 2
  3. we never reviewed them
  4. step 3
  5. we forget without review
  6. we forget without review
  7. a fact
  8. memory can’t improve
  9. True
  10. a fact
  11. a myth
  12. cramming lasts for years
  13. step 1
  14. a myth
  15. one reading is enough
  16. notice it
  17. practice improves memory
  18. step 1
  19. store it
  20. no, that is a myth
  21. yes, with good methods
  22. a myth
  23. some kids never forget
  24. True
  25. one reading is enough
  26. False
  27. a fact
  28. False
  29. a myth
  30. everyone forgets things
  31. pictures stick better
  32. True
  33. meaning makes it stick
  34. pay attention
  35. True
  36. step 3
  37. sleep helps you learn
  38. a fact
  39. something you understand
  40. practice improves memory

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