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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. some kids never forget
  3. notice it
  4. memory can’t improve
  5. False
  6. a myth
  7. not paying attention
  8. you keep all you read
  9. sleep helps you learn
  10. a fact
  11. store it
  12. keep it in memory
  13. step 2
  14. pills give super memory
  15. a myth
  16. practice improves memory
  17. True
  18. a fact
  19. sleep helps you learn
  20. you keep all you read
  21. step 3
  22. step 1
  23. some kids never forget
  24. memory can’t improve
  25. pills give super memory
  26. False
  27. False
  28. something you understand
  29. False
  30. a fact
  31. a myth
  32. a myth
  33. keep it in memory
  34. step 3
  35. keep it in memory
  36. notice it
  37. no, that is a myth
  38. attention comes first
  39. one reading is enough
  40. everyone forgets things

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