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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 303 · 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: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  7. 7.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  9. 9.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  15. 15.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) yes, with good methods
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  21. 21.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  34. 34.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. a myth
  3. True
  4. one reading is enough
  5. we forget without review
  6. step 1
  7. True
  8. practice improves memory
  9. something you understand
  10. store it
  11. a fact
  12. a myth
  13. a myth
  14. step 3
  15. yes, with good methods
  16. sleep helps you learn
  17. notice it
  18. pay attention
  19. a fact
  20. pills give super memory
  21. no, that is a myth
  22. good memory is just luck
  23. meaning makes it stick
  24. a myth
  25. you keep all you read
  26. some kids never forget
  27. a fact
  28. meaning makes it stick
  29. a myth
  30. step 2
  31. keep it in memory
  32. notice it
  33. step 1
  34. False
  35. False
  36. we forget without review
  37. notice it
  38. store it
  39. cramming lasts for years
  40. a myth

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