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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 343 · 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.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  4. 4.🔍 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
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  10. 10.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
  20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  21. 21.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  22. 22.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  24. 24.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  26. 26.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  33. 33.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 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
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  40. 40.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. we never reviewed them
  2. sleep helps you learn
  3. notice it
  4. pictures stick better
  5. a myth
  6. cramming lasts for years
  7. practice improves memory
  8. notice it
  9. testing yourself helps
  10. False
  11. True
  12. a myth
  13. True
  14. a myth
  15. keep it in memory
  16. good memory is just luck
  17. a myth
  18. a fact
  19. one reading is enough
  20. something you understand
  21. notice, store, recall
  22. True
  23. step 1
  24. False
  25. store it
  26. no, that is a myth
  27. keep it in memory
  28. step 1
  29. testing yourself helps
  30. a fact
  31. a myth
  32. pay attention
  33. False
  34. pay attention
  35. step 3
  36. attention comes first
  37. a myth
  38. not paying attention
  39. everyone forgets things
  40. False

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