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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 342 · 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: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) attention comes first (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) meaning makes it stick (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  14. 14.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) reading it again (c) forgetting it (d) bringing it back to mind
  21. 21.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  26. 26.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  32. 32.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  33. 33.🧠 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
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. cramming lasts for years
  3. notice it
  4. a myth
  5. one reading is enough
  6. step 2
  7. step 3
  8. memory can’t improve
  9. some kids never forget
  10. cramming lasts for years
  11. a myth
  12. True
  13. you keep all you read
  14. True
  15. pictures stick better
  16. a fact
  17. yes, with good methods
  18. pay attention
  19. a myth
  20. bringing it back to mind
  21. True
  22. store it
  23. a fact
  24. False
  25. keep it in memory
  26. False
  27. memory can’t improve
  28. step 1
  29. attention comes first
  30. a myth
  31. store it
  32. no, that is a myth
  33. notice, store, recall
  34. store it
  35. step 1
  36. a fact
  37. keep it in memory
  38. False
  39. a fact
  40. True

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