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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 377 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  5. 5.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) sleep helps you learn
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  23. 23.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  24. 24.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  25. 25.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) look, forget, guess
  27. 27.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  31. 31.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) forgetting it (d) bringing it back to mind
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  34. 34.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, with a pill
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory

Answer key

  1. cramming lasts for years
  2. meaning makes it stick
  3. store it
  4. notice it
  5. True
  6. practice improves memory
  7. a myth
  8. memory can’t improve
  9. a myth
  10. a fact
  11. pay attention
  12. testing yourself helps
  13. practice improves memory
  14. a fact
  15. step 3
  16. step 3
  17. pay attention
  18. step 1
  19. a myth
  20. False
  21. you keep all you read
  22. attention comes first
  23. not paying attention
  24. something you understand
  25. False
  26. notice, store, recall
  27. False
  28. attention comes first
  29. pay attention
  30. meaning makes it stick
  31. bringing it back to mind
  32. everyone forgets things
  33. step 2
  34. False
  35. notice it
  36. a fact
  37. no, that is a myth
  38. pills give super memory
  39. sleep helps you learn
  40. keep it in memory

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