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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 98 · 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: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  2. 2.🧠 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
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  12. 12.🧠 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) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  15. 15.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
  18. 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  19. 19.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) yes, with good methods (c) no, never (d) only for adults
  21. 21.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) random letters (d) a number read once
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) pills give super memory
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
  30. 30.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  34. 34.🧠 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
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) pills give super memory (d) pictures stick better
  36. 36.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. no, that is a myth
  3. step 3
  4. step 1
  5. a fact
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. a fact
  8. False
  9. False
  10. True
  11. meaning makes it stick
  12. not paying attention
  13. step 1
  14. step 3
  15. True
  16. False
  17. pills give super memory
  18. store it
  19. True
  20. yes, with good methods
  21. something you understand
  22. a myth
  23. step 2
  24. a fact
  25. step 2
  26. attention comes first
  27. notice it
  28. store it
  29. memory can’t improve
  30. False
  31. a fact
  32. a myth
  33. notice it
  34. keep it in memory
  35. pills give super memory
  36. False
  37. a myth
  38. pictures stick better
  39. practice improves memory
  40. a myth

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