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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 318 · 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: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  9. 9.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  17. 17.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  21. 21.🧠 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
  22. 22.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🧠 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
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
  27. 27.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) pills give super memory
  29. 29.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  33. 33.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) no, that is a myth
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. notice it
  3. we forget without review
  4. notice it
  5. pay attention
  6. keep it in memory
  7. a fact
  8. step 1
  9. False
  10. False
  11. yes, with good methods
  12. store it
  13. step 3
  14. memory can’t improve
  15. store it
  16. store it
  17. False
  18. a myth
  19. a myth
  20. something you understand
  21. not paying attention
  22. False
  23. a fact
  24. keep it in memory
  25. a fact
  26. you keep all you read
  27. notice, store, recall
  28. pictures stick better
  29. False
  30. cramming lasts for years
  31. step 2
  32. meaning makes it stick
  33. no, that is a myth
  34. sleep helps you learn
  35. everyone forgets things
  36. a fact
  37. True
  38. practice improves memory
  39. pictures stick better
  40. everyone forgets things

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