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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 403 · 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: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 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
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) you keep all you read
  13. 13.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 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
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
  23. 23.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) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
  26. 26.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  38. 38.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

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

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