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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 347 · 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.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) some kids never forget
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  3. 3.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) random letters
  4. 4.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  8. 8.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  23. 23.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  25. 25.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  28. 28.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  33. 33.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) you keep all you read
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it

Answer key

  1. meaning makes it stick
  2. pay attention
  3. something you understand
  4. True
  5. a fact
  6. cramming lasts for years
  7. step 3
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. a myth
  10. keep it in memory
  11. a fact
  12. False
  13. some kids never forget
  14. good memory is just luck
  15. step 1
  16. a fact
  17. practice improves memory
  18. a fact
  19. step 1
  20. a fact
  21. no, that is a myth
  22. store it
  23. not paying attention
  24. notice it
  25. False
  26. a myth
  27. everyone forgets things
  28. bringing it back to mind
  29. you keep all you read
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. pills give super memory
  32. step 2
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a myth
  38. meaning makes it stick
  39. a fact
  40. keep it in memory

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