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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 83 · 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 get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) we forget without review
  8. 8.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) everyone forgets things
  17. 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  23. 23.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) look, forget, guess (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  24. 24.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  25. 25.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) yes, with good methods (c) only for adults (d) only with pills
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
  28. 28.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  29. 29.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) bringing it back to mind (c) reading it again (d) writing it neatly
  30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) practice improves memory
  33. 33.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  34. 34.🧠 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pictures stick better (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
  36. 36.🧠 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
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. memory can’t improve
  3. sleep helps you learn
  4. attention comes first
  5. practice improves memory
  6. one reading is enough
  7. cramming lasts for years
  8. True
  9. a myth
  10. step 3
  11. step 2
  12. step 1
  13. we never reviewed them
  14. a fact
  15. pictures stick better
  16. memory can’t improve
  17. cramming lasts for years
  18. a fact
  19. a myth
  20. some kids never forget
  21. store it
  22. attention comes first
  23. notice, store, recall
  24. something you understand
  25. yes, with good methods
  26. keep it in memory
  27. testing yourself helps
  28. not paying attention
  29. bringing it back to mind
  30. step 3
  31. you keep all you read
  32. some kids never forget
  33. good memory is just luck
  34. keep it in memory
  35. pictures stick better
  36. keep it in memory
  37. step 1
  38. a fact
  39. True
  40. you keep all you read

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