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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 366 · 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: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  2. 2.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  7. 7.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  16. 16.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) forgetting it
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  20. 20.🧠 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
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
  29. 29.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  33. 33.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. True
  3. you keep all you read
  4. a fact
  5. we forget without review
  6. store it
  7. False
  8. a fact
  9. a fact
  10. memory can’t improve
  11. a myth
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. one reading is enough
  16. True
  17. bringing it back to mind
  18. a myth
  19. notice it
  20. no, that is a myth
  21. meaning makes it stick
  22. step 2
  23. testing yourself helps
  24. a fact
  25. pay attention
  26. step 1
  27. a fact
  28. everyone forgets things
  29. False
  30. pills give super memory
  31. some kids never forget
  32. step 1
  33. True
  34. True
  35. a fact
  36. store it
  37. step 3
  38. True
  39. something you understand
  40. a myth

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