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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. a myth
  3. yes, with good methods
  4. sleep helps you learn
  5. pay attention
  6. attention comes first
  7. a fact
  8. pills give super memory
  9. everyone forgets things
  10. a myth
  11. pay attention
  12. notice it
  13. step 1
  14. True
  15. False
  16. pictures stick better
  17. a myth
  18. step 1
  19. keep it in memory
  20. True
  21. step 3
  22. memory can’t improve
  23. pay attention
  24. notice it
  25. cramming lasts for years
  26. memory can’t improve
  27. step 3
  28. not paying attention
  29. meaning makes it stick
  30. notice it
  31. a myth
  32. a fact
  33. attention comes first
  34. True
  35. True
  36. we forget without review
  37. pay attention
  38. step 2
  39. a myth
  40. you keep all you read

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