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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 41 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) cramming lasts for years (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  6. 6.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) bringing it back to mind (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) some kids never forget
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) attention comes first (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
  20. 20.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  23. 23.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  29. 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  30. 30.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  33. 33.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) meaning makes it stick
  38. 38.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  40. 40.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. step 1
  3. cramming lasts for years
  4. a fact
  5. step 2
  6. bringing it back to mind
  7. a fact
  8. notice, store, recall
  9. some kids never forget
  10. a myth
  11. something you understand
  12. a fact
  13. step 3
  14. practice improves memory
  15. a myth
  16. notice it
  17. a fact
  18. cramming lasts for years
  19. good memory is just luck
  20. yes, with good methods
  21. step 3
  22. everyone forgets things
  23. True
  24. pay attention
  25. a fact
  26. True
  27. step 1
  28. some kids never forget
  29. step 2
  30. False
  31. True
  32. memory can’t improve
  33. True
  34. store it
  35. pay attention
  36. a fact
  37. memory can’t improve
  38. False
  39. pills give super memory
  40. True

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