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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 298 · 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 fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  5. 5.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
  12. 12.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
  15. 15.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  16. 16.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  21. 21.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  24. 24.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) one reading is enough
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
  40. 40.🧠 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

Answer key

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

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