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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 344 · 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.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) meaning makes it stick
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  10. 10.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  12. 12.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, in a week
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  16. 16.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
  17. 17.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  19. 19.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  23. 23.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  32. 32.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) sleep helps you learn (d) you keep all you read
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🧠 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
  39. 39.🧠 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
  40. 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) you are bad at names

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. memory can’t improve
  3. a fact
  4. cramming lasts for years
  5. we forget without review
  6. practice improves memory
  7. pictures stick better
  8. pictures stick better
  9. store it
  10. False
  11. practice improves memory
  12. no, that is a myth
  13. you keep all you read
  14. step 1
  15. pills give super memory
  16. we never reviewed them
  17. False
  18. pay attention
  19. something you understand
  20. step 3
  21. some kids never forget
  22. step 3
  23. bringing it back to mind
  24. a fact
  25. a fact
  26. pay attention
  27. step 1
  28. everyone forgets things
  29. notice it
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. notice it
  32. you keep all you read
  33. a myth
  34. store it
  35. a myth
  36. True
  37. a myth
  38. keep it in memory
  39. notice, store, recall
  40. not paying attention

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