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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 84 · 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 pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  4. 4.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) we forget without review (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
  9. 9.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  12. 12.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  17. 17.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  23. 23.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  32. 32.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
  33. 33.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) a word you never heard
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) everyone forgets things
  37. 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  39. 39.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. step 1
  3. meaning makes it stick
  4. False
  5. testing yourself helps
  6. keep it in memory
  7. practice improves memory
  8. we forget without review
  9. False
  10. practice improves memory
  11. testing yourself helps
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. notice it
  16. meaning makes it stick
  17. False
  18. a myth
  19. store it
  20. pay attention
  21. a fact
  22. step 1
  23. False
  24. pills give super memory
  25. one reading is enough
  26. step 2
  27. a myth
  28. store it
  29. you keep all you read
  30. a fact
  31. a fact
  32. we never reviewed them
  33. True
  34. something you understand
  35. pay attention
  36. everyone forgets things
  37. we forget without review
  38. notice it
  39. notice, store, recall
  40. good memory is just luck

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