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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 86 · 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: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  3. 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  6. 6.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) a word you never heard (d) something you understand
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) some kids never forget
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  14. 14.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
  17. 17.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) one reading is enough
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  21. 21.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
  28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  36. 36.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1

Answer key

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

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