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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 380 · 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.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
  3. 3.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  11. 11.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
  30. 30.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first

Answer key

  1. True
  2. some kids never forget
  3. False
  4. pay attention
  5. a fact
  6. a myth
  7. no, that is a myth
  8. step 1
  9. we forget without review
  10. good memory is just luck
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a myth
  15. practice improves memory
  16. step 2
  17. store it
  18. cramming lasts for years
  19. pills give super memory
  20. a myth
  21. True
  22. a myth
  23. meaning makes it stick
  24. attention comes first
  25. pay attention
  26. step 3
  27. you keep all you read
  28. a myth
  29. notice, store, recall
  30. False
  31. notice it
  32. pay attention
  33. a fact
  34. testing yourself helps
  35. a myth
  36. True
  37. a fact
  38. False
  39. pay attention
  40. pills give super memory

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