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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 92 · 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 step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  7. 7.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  11. 11.🧠 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
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  15. 15.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) look, forget, guess
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) sleep helps you learn
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  20. 20.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, in a week (d) no, that is a myth
  21. 21.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  24. 24.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) meaning makes it stick
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  29. 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) good memory is just luck (d) attention comes first
  31. 31.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) one reading is enough (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  36. 36.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) random letters
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) one reading is enough
  39. 39.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed

Answer key

  1. step 2
  2. pictures stick better
  3. step 2
  4. step 3
  5. False
  6. a myth
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. notice it
  11. keep it in memory
  12. a myth
  13. True
  14. store it
  15. notice, store, recall
  16. sleep helps you learn
  17. we forget without review
  18. pay attention
  19. notice it
  20. no, that is a myth
  21. True
  22. a fact
  23. step 3
  24. False
  25. good memory is just luck
  26. you keep all you read
  27. pills give super memory
  28. keep it in memory
  29. step 1
  30. attention comes first
  31. False
  32. meaning makes it stick
  33. pay attention
  34. notice it
  35. store it
  36. something you understand
  37. pay attention
  38. practice improves memory
  39. True
  40. we never reviewed them

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