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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 312 · 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.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) memory is fixed
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  6. 6.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 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
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  10. 10.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, with a pill
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  17. 17.🧠 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
  18. 18.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  19. 19.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  21. 21.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) random letters
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) you are bad at names
  33. 33.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  39. 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve

Answer key

  1. we never reviewed them
  2. a fact
  3. a fact
  4. practice improves memory
  5. step 1
  6. False
  7. a fact
  8. keep it in memory
  9. store it
  10. no, that is a myth
  11. testing yourself helps
  12. a fact
  13. notice it
  14. we forget without review
  15. we forget without review
  16. pills give super memory
  17. keep it in memory
  18. notice, store, recall
  19. False
  20. step 3
  21. False
  22. memory can’t improve
  23. step 3
  24. step 1
  25. a myth
  26. something you understand
  27. a myth
  28. False
  29. a myth
  30. a fact
  31. False
  32. not paying attention
  33. good memory is just luck
  34. attention comes first
  35. notice it
  36. a fact
  37. False
  38. notice it
  39. meaning makes it stick
  40. pictures stick better

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