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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 307 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  12. 12.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  14. 14.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  17. 17.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  19. 19.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) pills give super memory
  22. 22.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  32. 32.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) random letters
  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: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  40. 40.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. a fact
  3. pay attention
  4. step 1
  5. we forget without review
  6. memory can’t improve
  7. you keep all you read
  8. you keep all you read
  9. notice it
  10. step 2
  11. step 2
  12. True
  13. good memory is just luck
  14. True
  15. step 1
  16. cramming lasts for years
  17. False
  18. some kids never forget
  19. True
  20. True
  21. practice improves memory
  22. yes, with good methods
  23. no, that is a myth
  24. bringing it back to mind
  25. pills give super memory
  26. store it
  27. memory can’t improve
  28. sleep helps you learn
  29. attention comes first
  30. step 3
  31. notice it
  32. something you understand
  33. pay attention
  34. a fact
  35. everyone forgets things
  36. store it
  37. a fact
  38. False
  39. keep it in memory
  40. True

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