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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 254 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) look, forget, guess
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  9. 9.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  16. 16.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) reading it again
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  20. 20.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  22. 22.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  31. 31.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) yes, with good methods (c) no, never (d) only for adults
  32. 32.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  39. 39.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. notice it
  3. good memory is just luck
  4. sleep helps you learn
  5. sleep helps you learn
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. a fact
  8. keep it in memory
  9. False
  10. a fact
  11. a fact
  12. pictures stick better
  13. store it
  14. step 3
  15. some kids never forget
  16. bringing it back to mind
  17. step 2
  18. a myth
  19. step 1
  20. True
  21. store it
  22. False
  23. keep it in memory
  24. a fact
  25. False
  26. True
  27. a myth
  28. meaning makes it stick
  29. a fact
  30. we never reviewed them
  31. yes, with good methods
  32. False
  33. a myth
  34. testing yourself helps
  35. step 1
  36. pay attention
  37. notice it
  38. notice it
  39. False
  40. memory can’t improve

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