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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 88 · 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: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  7. 7.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.🧠 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
  15. 15.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  18. 18.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
  30. 30.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) sleep helps you learn (d) testing yourself helps
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
  36. 36.🧠 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
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth

Answer key

  1. store it
  2. a fact
  3. step 2
  4. a fact
  5. a myth
  6. one reading is enough
  7. True
  8. you keep all you read
  9. a myth
  10. store it
  11. a myth
  12. False
  13. a fact
  14. keep it in memory
  15. bringing it back to mind
  16. testing yourself helps
  17. keep it in memory
  18. False
  19. yes, with good methods
  20. pay attention
  21. practice improves memory
  22. no, that is a myth
  23. a fact
  24. True
  25. a myth
  26. False
  27. True
  28. step 3
  29. cramming lasts for years
  30. True
  31. meaning makes it stick
  32. step 1
  33. step 3
  34. good memory is just luck
  35. memory can’t improve
  36. we never reviewed them
  37. a fact
  38. step 1
  39. store it
  40. a myth

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