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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 265 · 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: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  5. 5.🧠 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
  6. 6.🧠 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
  7. 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  19. 19.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) everyone forgets things
  25. 25.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, with a pill
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pictures stick better (c) attention comes first (d) everyone forgets things
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  31. 31.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) reading it again
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  33. 33.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) sleep helps you learn
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2

Answer key

  1. keep it in memory
  2. a myth
  3. step 1
  4. we forget without review
  5. keep it in memory
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. you keep all you read
  8. a myth
  9. testing yourself helps
  10. a fact
  11. some kids never forget
  12. a myth
  13. step 2
  14. good memory is just luck
  15. store it
  16. cramming lasts for years
  17. notice it
  18. pictures stick better
  19. yes, with good methods
  20. something you understand
  21. cramming lasts for years
  22. good memory is just luck
  23. a fact
  24. memory can’t improve
  25. no, that is a myth
  26. notice it
  27. some kids never forget
  28. meaning makes it stick
  29. practice improves memory
  30. store it
  31. bringing it back to mind
  32. step 3
  33. True
  34. False
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. a fact
  37. practice improves memory
  38. pills give super memory
  39. memory can’t improve
  40. step 3

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