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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 389 · 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: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) sleep helps you learn
  6. 6.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) you are bad at names
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  10. 10.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  18. 18.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  22. 22.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  24. 24.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) some kids never forget (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  28. 28.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  36. 36.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3

Answer key

  1. store it
  2. practice improves memory
  3. one reading is enough
  4. some kids never forget
  5. memory can’t improve
  6. we never reviewed them
  7. a myth
  8. not paying attention
  9. good memory is just luck
  10. something you understand
  11. step 3
  12. cramming lasts for years
  13. keep it in memory
  14. keep it in memory
  15. a myth
  16. a fact
  17. pay attention
  18. bringing it back to mind
  19. a fact
  20. step 2
  21. store it
  22. True
  23. step 1
  24. False
  25. some kids never forget
  26. a myth
  27. no, that is a myth
  28. False
  29. practice improves memory
  30. pay attention
  31. a fact
  32. cramming lasts for years
  33. a fact
  34. True
  35. we forget without review
  36. False
  37. meaning makes it stick
  38. everyone forgets things
  39. sleep helps you learn
  40. step 3

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