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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

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

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