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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 68 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
  5. 5.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  6. 6.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  10. 10.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) random letters (d) something you understand
  11. 11.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  17. 17.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  24. 24.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  28. 28.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) testing yourself helps (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) good memory is just luck
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention

Answer key

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

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