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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 306 · 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: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  6. 6.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  8. 8.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, with a pill (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, in a week
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  11. 11.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  13. 13.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  15. 15.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  18. 18.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.🧠 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
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) attention comes first
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  28. 28.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  31. 31.🧠 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
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a fact
  3. we forget without review
  4. keep it in memory
  5. store it
  6. True
  7. step 3
  8. no, that is a myth
  9. a myth
  10. step 3
  11. False
  12. step 1
  13. False
  14. pay attention
  15. True
  16. step 1
  17. notice it
  18. False
  19. a myth
  20. everyone forgets things
  21. a fact
  22. a fact
  23. keep it in memory
  24. not paying attention
  25. notice it
  26. one reading is enough
  27. sleep helps you learn
  28. we never reviewed them
  29. sleep helps you learn
  30. some kids never forget
  31. keep it in memory
  32. a myth
  33. pay attention
  34. a myth
  35. you keep all you read
  36. a fact
  37. True
  38. store it
  39. step 2
  40. good memory is just luck

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