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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 79 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  9. 9.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
  11. 11.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, in a week
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  13. 13.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.🧠 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
  17. 17.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) we forget without review
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  23. 23.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) you keep all you read
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  29. 29.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  36. 36.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) memory is fixed
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  39. 39.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later

Answer key

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

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