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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 301 · 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.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  8. 8.🧠 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
  9. 9.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  16. 16.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) testing yourself helps (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
  19. 19.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  20. 20.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 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
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  34. 34.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  37. 37.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it

Answer key

  1. we never reviewed them
  2. good memory is just luck
  3. step 2
  4. one reading is enough
  5. we forget without review
  6. a myth
  7. sleep helps you learn
  8. keep it in memory
  9. False
  10. step 3
  11. meaning makes it stick
  12. notice, store, recall
  13. pay attention
  14. meaning makes it stick
  15. memory can’t improve
  16. True
  17. notice it
  18. memory can’t improve
  19. bringing it back to mind
  20. True
  21. a myth
  22. a fact
  23. testing yourself helps
  24. step 3
  25. attention comes first
  26. a myth
  27. a fact
  28. store it
  29. pills give super memory
  30. a fact
  31. something you understand
  32. we forget without review
  33. keep it in memory
  34. False
  35. True
  36. step 1
  37. True
  38. one reading is enough
  39. testing yourself helps
  40. notice it

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