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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 321 · 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: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  3. 3.🧠 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
  4. 4.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) cramming lasts for years (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  9. 9.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  15. 15.🧠 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
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  19. 19.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  20. 20.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) look, forget, guess (c) read, write, sleep (d) recall, store, notice
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  25. 25.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) testing yourself helps (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) attention comes first
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  34. 34.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
  35. 35.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  40. 40.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. pay attention
  3. keep it in memory
  4. False
  5. a myth
  6. step 2
  7. pictures stick better
  8. one reading is enough
  9. False
  10. memory can’t improve
  11. meaning makes it stick
  12. a myth
  13. testing yourself helps
  14. notice it
  15. we never reviewed them
  16. we forget without review
  17. a fact
  18. sleep helps you learn
  19. not paying attention
  20. notice, store, recall
  21. step 1
  22. a myth
  23. False
  24. keep it in memory
  25. False
  26. testing yourself helps
  27. practice improves memory
  28. False
  29. bringing it back to mind
  30. a fact
  31. some kids never forget
  32. a fact
  33. step 2
  34. no, that is a myth
  35. False
  36. a fact
  37. a myth
  38. pay attention
  39. store it
  40. True

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