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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 411 · 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: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) good memory is just luck
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  11. 11.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  13. 13.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) attention comes first
  24. 24.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  27. 27.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) only with pills (d) no, never
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  30. 30.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
  32. 32.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  38. 38.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 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
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget

Answer key

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

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