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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 317 · 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.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) good memory is just luck
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) practice improves memory (d) good memory is just luck
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) attention comes first
  20. 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  23. 23.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) look, forget, guess
  24. 24.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  30. 30.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  34. 34.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  38. 38.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  40. 40.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) only with pills (d) no, never

Answer key

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

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