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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 336 · 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 myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  6. 6.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, in a week
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) sleep helps you learn (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  9. 9.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  11. 11.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  13. 13.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  17. 17.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) pills give super memory
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.🧠 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) you are bad at names (d) names can’t be learned
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. True
  3. a fact
  4. step 3
  5. store it
  6. no, that is a myth
  7. step 1
  8. pills give super memory
  9. False
  10. everyone forgets things
  11. True
  12. practice improves memory
  13. notice, store, recall
  14. pay attention
  15. practice improves memory
  16. attention comes first
  17. we never reviewed them
  18. step 3
  19. some kids never forget
  20. pills give super memory
  21. everyone forgets things
  22. False
  23. we forget without review
  24. a fact
  25. we forget without review
  26. a myth
  27. a fact
  28. False
  29. meaning makes it stick
  30. a myth
  31. you keep all you read
  32. step 2
  33. testing yourself helps
  34. testing yourself helps
  35. sleep helps you learn
  36. a fact
  37. not paying attention
  38. True
  39. you keep all you read
  40. step 2

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