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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 332 · 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) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) we forget without review (d) meaning makes it stick
  2. 2.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) practice improves memory (c) pictures stick better (d) attention comes first
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  13. 13.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  18. 18.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  24. 24.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  28. 28.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) we forget without review
  34. 34.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) sleep helps you learn
  36. 36.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) bringing it back to mind (c) reading it again (d) writing it neatly
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it

Answer key

  1. some kids never forget
  2. False
  3. a fact
  4. cramming lasts for years
  5. step 3
  6. store it
  7. step 2
  8. a myth
  9. pay attention
  10. not paying attention
  11. False
  12. everyone forgets things
  13. True
  14. good memory is just luck
  15. step 2
  16. memory can’t improve
  17. step 1
  18. True
  19. store it
  20. a fact
  21. step 1
  22. a fact
  23. meaning makes it stick
  24. something you understand
  25. attention comes first
  26. a myth
  27. sleep helps you learn
  28. True
  29. True
  30. step 3
  31. pictures stick better
  32. a fact
  33. pills give super memory
  34. False
  35. good memory is just luck
  36. bringing it back to mind
  37. practice improves memory
  38. attention comes first
  39. you keep all you read
  40. notice it

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