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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 263 · 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 recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  2. 2.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
  6. 6.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  15. 15.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) random letters
  21. 21.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) good memory is just luck
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review

Answer key

  1. store it
  2. False
  3. memory can’t improve
  4. a myth
  5. meaning makes it stick
  6. not paying attention
  7. we never reviewed them
  8. a fact
  9. step 1
  10. step 1
  11. good memory is just luck
  12. pay attention
  13. one reading is enough
  14. cramming lasts for years
  15. True
  16. step 3
  17. notice it
  18. meaning makes it stick
  19. everyone forgets things
  20. something you understand
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a myth
  24. False
  25. cramming lasts for years
  26. one reading is enough
  27. a myth
  28. notice it
  29. a myth
  30. some kids never forget
  31. step 2
  32. a fact
  33. keep it in memory
  34. sleep helps you learn
  35. step 2
  36. practice improves memory
  37. a myth
  38. False
  39. True
  40. we forget without review

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