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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 359 · 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.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  2. 2.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) no, never (c) only with pills (d) only for adults
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) everyone forgets things
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  14. 14.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  24. 24.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) learning is useless (d) memory is fixed
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  38. 38.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn

Answer key

  1. notice, store, recall
  2. False
  3. yes, with good methods
  4. a fact
  5. a fact
  6. True
  7. store it
  8. store it
  9. one reading is enough
  10. everyone forgets things
  11. a myth
  12. a fact
  13. pills give super memory
  14. False
  15. something you understand
  16. everyone forgets things
  17. some kids never forget
  18. step 2
  19. we forget without review
  20. step 1
  21. memory can’t improve
  22. False
  23. meaning makes it stick
  24. True
  25. a myth
  26. True
  27. True
  28. we never reviewed them
  29. a fact
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. a fact
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a fact
  36. practice improves memory
  37. testing yourself helps
  38. False
  39. a myth
  40. sleep helps you learn

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