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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 73 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
  4. 4.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) one reading is enough (c) pictures stick better (d) everyone forgets things
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) names can’t be learned
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) we forget without review
  22. 22.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
  23. 23.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) yes, with good methods (c) no, never (d) only for adults
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  36. 36.🧠 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
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) testing yourself helps (d) some kids never forget

Answer key

  1. testing yourself helps
  2. step 3
  3. practice improves memory
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a fact
  8. False
  9. store it
  10. we never reviewed them
  11. False
  12. step 3
  13. memory can’t improve
  14. one reading is enough
  15. keep it in memory
  16. you keep all you read
  17. store it
  18. we forget without review
  19. a myth
  20. not paying attention
  21. cramming lasts for years
  22. notice, store, recall
  23. yes, with good methods
  24. a myth
  25. True
  26. True
  27. a myth
  28. True
  29. something you understand
  30. sleep helps you learn
  31. pictures stick better
  32. a myth
  33. True
  34. True
  35. meaning makes it stick
  36. keep it in memory
  37. a fact
  38. attention comes first
  39. a fact
  40. some kids never forget

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