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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 94 · 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: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  10. 10.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  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: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  15. 15.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) pictures stick better (d) pills give super memory
  19. 19.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never reviewed them (c) learning is useless (d) the brain is broken
  20. 20.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) you keep all you read
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) you keep all you read
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  27. 27.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  29. 29.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) one reading is enough
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) everyone forgets things (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pictures stick better (d) testing yourself helps
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  40. 40.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. pay attention
  3. a myth
  4. step 2
  5. a fact
  6. keep it in memory
  7. keep it in memory
  8. store it
  9. store it
  10. True
  11. keep it in memory
  12. a fact
  13. you keep all you read
  14. everyone forgets things
  15. True
  16. step 1
  17. a myth
  18. pills give super memory
  19. we never reviewed them
  20. bringing it back to mind
  21. step 3
  22. pay attention
  23. meaning makes it stick
  24. attention comes first
  25. sleep helps you learn
  26. pay attention
  27. True
  28. pay attention
  29. not paying attention
  30. practice improves memory
  31. pay attention
  32. a myth
  33. False
  34. testing yourself helps
  35. a fact
  36. some kids never forget
  37. memory can’t improve
  38. a fact
  39. pay attention
  40. False

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