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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 291 · 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: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) you keep all you read
  3. 3.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, in a week
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  8. 8.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) you are bad at names (d) your brain is full
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  10. 10.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  14. 14.🧠 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  16. 16.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) attention comes first (d) meaning makes it stick
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) attention comes first
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  26. 26.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  28. 28.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  33. 33.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  35. 35.🧠 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
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

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

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