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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 407 · 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 of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  15. 15.🧠 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
  16. 16.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  27. 27.🧠 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) you are bad at names (d) your brain is full
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) testing yourself helps (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it

Answer key

  1. store it
  2. attention comes first
  3. everyone forgets things
  4. keep it in memory
  5. pay attention
  6. practice improves memory
  7. a myth
  8. False
  9. a fact
  10. you keep all you read
  11. a fact
  12. True
  13. False
  14. pills give super memory
  15. keep it in memory
  16. no, that is a myth
  17. pictures stick better
  18. pay attention
  19. step 3
  20. a myth
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. a fact
  25. pay attention
  26. step 3
  27. not paying attention
  28. good memory is just luck
  29. one reading is enough
  30. a fact
  31. you keep all you read
  32. a fact
  33. True
  34. a fact
  35. good memory is just luck
  36. pills give super memory
  37. sleep helps you learn
  38. we forget without review
  39. one reading is enough
  40. store it

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