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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 323 · 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 of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  5. 5.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) look, forget, guess
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, in a week (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) cramming lasts for years
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) meaning makes it stick
  10. 10.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  11. 11.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  18. 18.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  23. 23.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
  27. 27.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  28. 28.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
  30. 30.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  34. 34.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  38. 38.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

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

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