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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 45 · 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 of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  9. 9.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) good memory is just luck
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) good memory is just luck (d) attention comes first
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  19. 19.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) yes, with good methods (c) no, never (d) only for adults
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) random letters
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  26. 26.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) cramming lasts for years
  27. 27.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
  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 step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  34. 34.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  37. 37.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  40. 40.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a myth
  2. some kids never forget
  3. a fact
  4. step 3
  5. a fact
  6. True
  7. False
  8. step 1
  9. True
  10. practice improves memory
  11. a fact
  12. step 2
  13. a fact
  14. attention comes first
  15. a fact
  16. True
  17. no, that is a myth
  18. step 3
  19. yes, with good methods
  20. a fact
  21. something you understand
  22. a myth
  23. a myth
  24. store it
  25. keep it in memory
  26. attention comes first
  27. True
  28. False
  29. we never reviewed them
  30. pay attention
  31. step 2
  32. a myth
  33. you keep all you read
  34. not paying attention
  35. store it
  36. good memory is just luck
  37. False
  38. True
  39. pay attention
  40. False

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