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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 252 · 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) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  2. 2.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  3. 3.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) forgetting it (d) bringing it back to mind
  4. 4.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) read, write, sleep
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  23. 23.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) attention comes first
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  38. 38.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory

Answer key

  1. attention comes first
  2. something you understand
  3. bringing it back to mind
  4. False
  5. a myth
  6. no, that is a myth
  7. keep it in memory
  8. step 3
  9. a myth
  10. True
  11. store it
  12. memory can’t improve
  13. notice it
  14. cramming lasts for years
  15. step 2
  16. store it
  17. notice it
  18. meaning makes it stick
  19. a fact
  20. notice, store, recall
  21. step 3
  22. notice it
  23. True
  24. everyone forgets things
  25. pay attention
  26. pills give super memory
  27. step 1
  28. notice it
  29. notice it
  30. one reading is enough
  31. a fact
  32. a fact
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a myth
  36. True
  37. sleep helps you learn
  38. False
  39. step 1
  40. practice improves memory

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