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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 385 · 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: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  6. 6.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
  7. 7.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  11. 11.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  13. 13.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  15. 15.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, with a pill (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, by staring hard
  16. 16.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  18. 18.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) everyone forgets things (d) attention comes first
  20. 20.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
  24. 24.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) attention comes first
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) reading it again (c) bringing it back to mind (d) forgetting it
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) one reading is enough (d) cramming lasts for years
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. step 2
  3. step 3
  4. store it
  5. store it
  6. not paying attention
  7. True
  8. a myth
  9. a fact
  10. meaning makes it stick
  11. we never reviewed them
  12. everyone forgets things
  13. True
  14. testing yourself helps
  15. no, that is a myth
  16. False
  17. step 2
  18. False
  19. you keep all you read
  20. False
  21. you keep all you read
  22. memory can’t improve
  23. pills give super memory
  24. notice, store, recall
  25. pay attention
  26. a myth
  27. good memory is just luck
  28. we forget without review
  29. a fact
  30. we forget without review
  31. a myth
  32. True
  33. a myth
  34. False
  35. bringing it back to mind
  36. step 1
  37. sleep helps you learn
  38. pictures stick better
  39. a fact
  40. True

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