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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 289 · 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.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.🧠 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
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) names can’t be learned
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  16. 16.🧠 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
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  31. 31.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth
  32. 32.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  36. 36.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

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

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