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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 338 · 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: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  2. 2.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) learning is useless
  9. 9.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  11. 11.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  23. 23.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only for adults (c) only with pills (d) yes, with good methods
  30. 30.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. bringing it back to mind
  3. step 3
  4. store it
  5. a fact
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. step 2
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. False
  10. pay attention
  11. True
  12. a fact
  13. store it
  14. a myth
  15. a fact
  16. we forget without review
  17. attention comes first
  18. a fact
  19. keep it in memory
  20. good memory is just luck
  21. sleep helps you learn
  22. sleep helps you learn
  23. False
  24. pictures stick better
  25. step 1
  26. cramming lasts for years
  27. practice improves memory
  28. a fact
  29. yes, with good methods
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a fact
  33. False
  34. not paying attention
  35. step 1
  36. memory can’t improve
  37. you keep all you read
  38. a myth
  39. a myth
  40. store it

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