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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 308 · 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: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 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
  3. 3.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  5. 5.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck
  11. 11.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) good memory is just luck (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  16. 16.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) you keep all you read
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  32. 32.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) some kids never forget
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  40. 40.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. keep it in memory
  3. True
  4. pay attention
  5. bringing it back to mind
  6. a myth
  7. a myth
  8. notice it
  9. step 2
  10. good memory is just luck
  11. no, that is a myth
  12. good memory is just luck
  13. notice it
  14. a fact
  15. step 3
  16. True
  17. memory can’t improve
  18. practice improves memory
  19. step 1
  20. something you understand
  21. meaning makes it stick
  22. step 2
  23. a fact
  24. a fact
  25. a fact
  26. False
  27. everyone forgets things
  28. a fact
  29. we never reviewed them
  30. a myth
  31. notice it
  32. False
  33. attention comes first
  34. store it
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. testing yourself helps
  37. a myth
  38. pay attention
  39. notice it
  40. True

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