Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 53 · 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.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
2. 2.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) writing it neatly (c) reading it again (d) forgetting it
3. 3.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
6. 6.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
7. 7.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
10. 10.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
13. 13.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
15. 15.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps
17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) meaning makes it stick
18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
28. 28.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
29. 29.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
37. 37.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps

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