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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 60 · 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: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  6. 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) memory can’t improve
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  12. 12.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) yes, with good methods
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  18. 18.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  19. 19.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
  25. 25.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  27. 27.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) everyone forgets things (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) recall, store, notice
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) cramming lasts for years (d) some kids never forget
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  36. 36.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
  38. 38.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. a myth
  3. False
  4. False
  5. pay attention
  6. cramming lasts for years
  7. pictures stick better
  8. a myth
  9. notice it
  10. step 3
  11. attention comes first
  12. True
  13. a myth
  14. store it
  15. False
  16. yes, with good methods
  17. pay attention
  18. not paying attention
  19. True
  20. meaning makes it stick
  21. a fact
  22. True
  23. a fact
  24. one reading is enough
  25. False
  26. pictures stick better
  27. False
  28. you keep all you read
  29. everyone forgets things
  30. memory can’t improve
  31. you keep all you read
  32. a fact
  33. notice, store, recall
  34. sleep helps you learn
  35. notice it
  36. False
  37. testing yourself helps
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a fact

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