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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 74 · 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: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  8. 8.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) the brain is broken
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🧠 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) everyone forgets things
  16. 16.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) reading it again
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
  22. 22.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) random letters (d) a word you never heard
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) no, that is a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  33. 33.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) sleep helps you learn
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  36. 36.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) one reading is enough (c) attention comes first (d) we forget without review
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. a fact
  3. False
  4. a fact
  5. step 1
  6. pay attention
  7. keep it in memory
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. notice it
  10. step 2
  11. a fact
  12. not paying attention
  13. cramming lasts for years
  14. step 1
  15. some kids never forget
  16. bringing it back to mind
  17. you keep all you read
  18. a myth
  19. False
  20. good memory is just luck
  21. good memory is just luck
  22. True
  23. step 2
  24. pictures stick better
  25. step 3
  26. a fact
  27. something you understand
  28. a myth
  29. no, that is a myth
  30. yes, with good methods
  31. a myth
  32. store it
  33. True
  34. memory can’t improve
  35. one reading is enough
  36. False
  37. pictures stick better
  38. one reading is enough
  39. a myth
  40. a myth

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