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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 371 · 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 of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  5. 5.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
  9. 9.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
  10. 10.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) not paying attention (c) you are bad at names (d) names can’t be learned
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) one reading is enough (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  25. 25.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  32. 32.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  40. 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth

Answer key

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

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