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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 358 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 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
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  13. 13.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  21. 21.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) learning is useless
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) we forget without review
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  30. 30.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) forgetting it
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) we forget without review
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  37. 37.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) look, forget, guess
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 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

Answer key

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

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