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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 409 · 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: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  3. 3.🧠 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
  4. 4.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) pictures stick better (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  11. 11.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) only with pills (d) no, never
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  17. 17.🧠 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) sleep helps you learn
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  31. 31.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  38. 38.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  40. 40.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. not paying attention
  3. notice, store, recall
  4. True
  5. step 3
  6. some kids never forget
  7. sleep helps you learn
  8. meaning makes it stick
  9. pay attention
  10. store it
  11. yes, with good methods
  12. step 1
  13. step 1
  14. step 2
  15. a myth
  16. some kids never forget
  17. keep it in memory
  18. attention comes first
  19. a myth
  20. sleep helps you learn
  21. a myth
  22. a fact
  23. store it
  24. one reading is enough
  25. a fact
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. everyone forgets things
  31. True
  32. True
  33. no, that is a myth
  34. a fact
  35. a fact
  36. memory can’t improve
  37. notice it
  38. True
  39. pay attention
  40. False

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