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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 408 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) names can’t be learned
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  7. 7.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) bringing it back to mind (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  11. 11.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never reviewed them (c) learning is useless (d) the brain is broken
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  13. 13.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) pictures stick better
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) sleep helps you learn
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  40. 40.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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