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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 85 · 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.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  4. 4.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  9. 9.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
  11. 11.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  12. 12.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) attention comes first
  16. 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  18. 18.🧠 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
  19. 19.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) reading it again (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  20. 20.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, with a pill
  21. 21.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  24. 24.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) attention comes first
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  29. 29.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  34. 34.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) one reading is enough

Answer key

  1. True
  2. step 2
  3. memory can’t improve
  4. True
  5. a myth
  6. keep it in memory
  7. practice improves memory
  8. notice it
  9. False
  10. meaning makes it stick
  11. something you understand
  12. yes, with good methods
  13. a fact
  14. True
  15. one reading is enough
  16. attention comes first
  17. store it
  18. we never reviewed them
  19. bringing it back to mind
  20. no, that is a myth
  21. False
  22. False
  23. step 1
  24. True
  25. False
  26. pills give super memory
  27. pay attention
  28. a fact
  29. False
  30. a myth
  31. a fact
  32. a myth
  33. not paying attention
  34. True
  35. notice, store, recall
  36. store it
  37. a myth
  38. store it
  39. pay attention
  40. everyone forgets things

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