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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 59 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  2. 2.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  6. 6.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 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
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) pictures stick better
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.🧠 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
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) cramming lasts for years (d) memory can’t improve
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  22. 22.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
  26. 26.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, with a pill
  32. 32.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) attention comes first (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  34. 34.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) you keep all you read
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it

Answer key

  1. you keep all you read
  2. False
  3. cramming lasts for years
  4. pills give super memory
  5. notice it
  6. we never reviewed them
  7. attention comes first
  8. step 2
  9. keep it in memory
  10. pictures stick better
  11. a myth
  12. True
  13. a myth
  14. a fact
  15. you keep all you read
  16. keep it in memory
  17. a myth
  18. sleep helps you learn
  19. a myth
  20. practice improves memory
  21. step 2
  22. bringing it back to mind
  23. step 3
  24. store it
  25. pictures stick better
  26. False
  27. notice it
  28. step 1
  29. a fact
  30. False
  31. no, that is a myth
  32. True
  33. one reading is enough
  34. True
  35. pay attention
  36. sleep helps you learn
  37. cramming lasts for years
  38. a fact
  39. a myth
  40. keep it in memory

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