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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 244 · 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 fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  2. 2.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) testing yourself helps (d) one reading is enough
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) forgetting it
  10. 10.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  28. 28.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  36. 36.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2

Answer key

  1. meaning makes it stick
  2. not paying attention
  3. sleep helps you learn
  4. a myth
  5. a myth
  6. one reading is enough
  7. a fact
  8. a myth
  9. bringing it back to mind
  10. True
  11. cramming lasts for years
  12. step 2
  13. pay attention
  14. a fact
  15. True
  16. a fact
  17. step 1
  18. a myth
  19. attention comes first
  20. a fact
  21. False
  22. False
  23. some kids never forget
  24. we forget without review
  25. a myth
  26. True
  27. step 1
  28. False
  29. a myth
  30. True
  31. memory can’t improve
  32. a myth
  33. True
  34. True
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. something you understand
  37. store it
  38. pictures stick better
  39. a fact
  40. step 3

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