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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 375 · 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.🧠 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
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  5. 5.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) we forget without review
  18. 18.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  39. 39.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it

Answer key

  1. keep it in memory
  2. a myth
  3. no, that is a myth
  4. meaning makes it stick
  5. False
  6. step 1
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. a fact
  9. not paying attention
  10. True
  11. pills give super memory
  12. memory can’t improve
  13. we forget without review
  14. notice it
  15. step 3
  16. pay attention
  17. some kids never forget
  18. True
  19. True
  20. one reading is enough
  21. a myth
  22. a myth
  23. cramming lasts for years
  24. a fact
  25. we forget without review
  26. pay attention
  27. one reading is enough
  28. a fact
  29. step 3
  30. notice it
  31. testing yourself helps
  32. step 2
  33. a fact
  34. pictures stick better
  35. step 1
  36. practice improves memory
  37. keep it in memory
  38. pictures stick better
  39. False
  40. notice it

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