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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 89 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  12. 12.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, in a week
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) sleep helps you learn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
  19. 19.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) you are bad at names
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  21. 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  30. 30.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
  33. 33.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  40. 40.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once

Answer key

  1. everyone forgets things
  2. a myth
  3. notice it
  4. a fact
  5. a fact
  6. False
  7. step 3
  8. cramming lasts for years
  9. attention comes first
  10. notice it
  11. step 2
  12. no, that is a myth
  13. step 3
  14. a fact
  15. pay attention
  16. pills give super memory
  17. memory can’t improve
  18. we forget without review
  19. not paying attention
  20. some kids never forget
  21. practice improves memory
  22. keep it in memory
  23. we never reviewed them
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a fact
  27. a myth
  28. a myth
  29. pay attention
  30. True
  31. everyone forgets things
  32. testing yourself helps
  33. True
  34. a fact
  35. a fact
  36. a myth
  37. True
  38. pay attention
  39. pay attention
  40. something you understand

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