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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 348 · 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 step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  9. 9.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  17. 17.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  18. 18.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) memory is fixed (c) the brain is broken (d) learning is useless
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) everyone forgets things
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  26. 26.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  28. 28.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
  32. 32.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) names can’t be learned
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  35. 35.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) no, that is a myth
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn

Answer key

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

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