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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 280 · 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: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  2. 2.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  5. 5.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, in a week (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, by staring hard
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  10. 10.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  13. 13.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) everyone forgets things
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  18. 18.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  27. 27.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  31. 31.🧠 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
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) a number read once (c) random letters (d) something you understand
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

  1. store it
  2. notice, store, recall
  3. step 1
  4. step 3
  5. no, that is a myth
  6. a fact
  7. True
  8. step 3
  9. step 1
  10. True
  11. cramming lasts for years
  12. pay attention
  13. yes, with good methods
  14. we forget without review
  15. testing yourself helps
  16. memory can’t improve
  17. notice it
  18. True
  19. not paying attention
  20. a fact
  21. step 2
  22. a myth
  23. step 2
  24. pay attention
  25. notice it
  26. some kids never forget
  27. we never reviewed them
  28. a fact
  29. a fact
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. keep it in memory
  32. a fact
  33. False
  34. a myth
  35. something you understand
  36. memory can’t improve
  37. a myth
  38. a myth
  39. good memory is just luck
  40. everyone forgets things

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