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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 61 · 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.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
  8. 8.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  16. 16.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) only with pills
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  32. 32.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🧠 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
  36. 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  38. 38.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) we forget without review

Answer key

  1. False
  2. keep it in memory
  3. good memory is just luck
  4. meaning makes it stick
  5. step 3
  6. a fact
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. False
  9. a myth
  10. a myth
  11. attention comes first
  12. store it
  13. notice it
  14. a myth
  15. meaning makes it stick
  16. yes, with good methods
  17. practice improves memory
  18. step 1
  19. store it
  20. everyone forgets things
  21. you keep all you read
  22. step 2
  23. a fact
  24. a fact
  25. a fact
  26. False
  27. not paying attention
  28. True
  29. a fact
  30. False
  31. pay attention
  32. notice, store, recall
  33. practice improves memory
  34. a fact
  35. no, that is a myth
  36. step 3
  37. we forget without review
  38. False
  39. store it
  40. some kids never forget

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