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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 65 · 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: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) some kids never forget
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  19. 19.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  26. 26.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  29. 29.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) learning is useless (d) memory is fixed
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  31. 31.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  37. 37.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pictures stick better (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  38. 38.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) forgetting it
  39. 39.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, in a week (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, by staring hard

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. attention comes first
  4. you keep all you read
  5. a fact
  6. a myth
  7. a fact
  8. some kids never forget
  9. one reading is enough
  10. notice it
  11. notice it
  12. good memory is just luck
  13. step 3
  14. sleep helps you learn
  15. meaning makes it stick
  16. a myth
  17. step 1
  18. memory can’t improve
  19. not paying attention
  20. notice it
  21. store it
  22. pay attention
  23. a fact
  24. False
  25. step 3
  26. True
  27. we forget without review
  28. step 1
  29. we never reviewed them
  30. cramming lasts for years
  31. True
  32. a fact
  33. a myth
  34. store it
  35. step 2
  36. sleep helps you learn
  37. pills give super memory
  38. bringing it back to mind
  39. True
  40. no, that is a myth

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