Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 42 · 40 questions

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”.

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

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