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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 268 · 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.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) reading it again (c) forgetting it (d) bringing it back to mind
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  8. 8.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  13. 13.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
  25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  34. 34.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  37. 37.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  40. 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth

Answer key

  1. False
  2. bringing it back to mind
  3. a fact
  4. True
  5. step 3
  6. a myth
  7. notice it
  8. True
  9. step 3
  10. a myth
  11. cramming lasts for years
  12. pay attention
  13. False
  14. False
  15. something you understand
  16. store it
  17. store it
  18. step 2
  19. a myth
  20. a fact
  21. a fact
  22. a fact
  23. keep it in memory
  24. one reading is enough
  25. attention comes first
  26. pay attention
  27. a myth
  28. meaning makes it stick
  29. we forget without review
  30. pills give super memory
  31. True
  32. meaning makes it stick
  33. step 1
  34. we never reviewed them
  35. step 2
  36. pictures stick better
  37. True
  38. store it
  39. step 1
  40. no, that is a myth

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