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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 405 · 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: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  2. 2.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
  4. 4.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) cramming lasts for years (c) practice improves memory (d) attention comes first
  10. 10.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  12. 12.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  14. 14.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  18. 18.🧠 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
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  20. 20.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  26. 26.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) meaning makes it stick (d) sleep helps you learn
  35. 35.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  39. 39.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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