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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 313 · 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.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) something you understand
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) pictures stick better
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
  18. 18.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) everyone forgets things
  20. 20.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) we forget without review
  28. 28.🧠 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) everyone forgets things
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  36. 36.🧠 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
  37. 37.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  40. 40.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again

Answer key

  1. something you understand
  2. store it
  3. meaning makes it stick
  4. we forget without review
  5. step 2
  6. everyone forgets things
  7. keep it in memory
  8. a fact
  9. a fact
  10. True
  11. False
  12. sleep helps you learn
  13. pills give super memory
  14. step 1
  15. step 1
  16. pictures stick better
  17. pictures stick better
  18. notice, store, recall
  19. one reading is enough
  20. False
  21. False
  22. sleep helps you learn
  23. you keep all you read
  24. a fact
  25. memory can’t improve
  26. you keep all you read
  27. cramming lasts for years
  28. not paying attention
  29. some kids never forget
  30. pay attention
  31. everyone forgets things
  32. one reading is enough
  33. notice it
  34. notice it
  35. memory can’t improve
  36. keep it in memory
  37. True
  38. pay attention
  39. step 2
  40. bringing it back to mind

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