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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 373 · 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: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  2. 2.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
  3. 3.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
  12. 12.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  19. 19.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) you are bad at names (d) your brain is full
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  21. 21.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  35. 35.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. no, that is a myth
  3. we never reviewed them
  4. a fact
  5. everyone forgets things
  6. keep it in memory
  7. pictures stick better
  8. a myth
  9. pills give super memory
  10. a fact
  11. some kids never forget
  12. something you understand
  13. a myth
  14. step 2
  15. attention comes first
  16. step 3
  17. meaning makes it stick
  18. attention comes first
  19. not paying attention
  20. store it
  21. True
  22. False
  23. a fact
  24. keep it in memory
  25. step 1
  26. step 2
  27. memory can’t improve
  28. pay attention
  29. a fact
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. False
  33. a myth
  34. pay attention
  35. False
  36. pills give super memory
  37. notice it
  38. one reading is enough
  39. one reading is enough
  40. store it

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