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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 382 · 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: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  2. 2.🧠 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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  5. 5.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) a word you never heard
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  7. 7.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) look, forget, guess
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  10. 10.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  15. 15.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) forgetting it
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) meaning makes it stick
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  25. 25.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  28. 28.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  29. 29.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  34. 34.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  36. 36.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. we never reviewed them
  3. cramming lasts for years
  4. memory can’t improve
  5. something you understand
  6. step 3
  7. notice, store, recall
  8. some kids never forget
  9. step 2
  10. True
  11. True
  12. a myth
  13. True
  14. step 2
  15. bringing it back to mind
  16. meaning makes it stick
  17. store it
  18. a fact
  19. False
  20. a fact
  21. a fact
  22. True
  23. notice it
  24. some kids never forget
  25. False
  26. we forget without review
  27. cramming lasts for years
  28. not paying attention
  29. True
  30. False
  31. a myth
  32. everyone forgets things
  33. sleep helps you learn
  34. False
  35. everyone forgets things
  36. False
  37. a myth
  38. notice it
  39. you keep all you read
  40. a fact

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