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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 367 · 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: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) good memory is just luck
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) meaning makes it stick
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  21. 21.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, in a week
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  34. 34.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  39. 39.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
  40. 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. everyone forgets things
  3. step 2
  4. one reading is enough
  5. sleep helps you learn
  6. some kids never forget
  7. a myth
  8. you keep all you read
  9. step 3
  10. a fact
  11. False
  12. a fact
  13. False
  14. a fact
  15. False
  16. cramming lasts for years
  17. step 2
  18. step 1
  19. pay attention
  20. notice it
  21. no, that is a myth
  22. practice improves memory
  23. we forget without review
  24. a myth
  25. False
  26. pay attention
  27. a myth
  28. bringing it back to mind
  29. store it
  30. pictures stick better
  31. store it
  32. step 3
  33. meaning makes it stick
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a fact
  38. testing yourself helps
  39. we never reviewed them
  40. not paying attention

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