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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 305 · 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.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) good memory is just luck
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  11. 11.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  24. 24.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  28. 28.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  31. 31.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  34. 34.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth

Answer key

  1. not paying attention
  2. practice improves memory
  3. some kids never forget
  4. step 2
  5. some kids never forget
  6. pictures stick better
  7. step 1
  8. a myth
  9. cramming lasts for years
  10. pay attention
  11. False
  12. a fact
  13. testing yourself helps
  14. we forget without review
  15. a fact
  16. pay attention
  17. a fact
  18. memory can’t improve
  19. a myth
  20. notice it
  21. step 1
  22. store it
  23. pay attention
  24. False
  25. True
  26. notice it
  27. notice it
  28. False
  29. attention comes first
  30. pay attention
  31. True
  32. True
  33. step 3
  34. True
  35. notice it
  36. a myth
  37. everyone forgets things
  38. a fact
  39. meaning makes it stick
  40. a fact

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