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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 99 · 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: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  2. 2.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) meaning makes it stick
  12. 12.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pictures stick better (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
  15. 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) we forget without review
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  21. 21.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
  25. 25.🧠 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
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) practice improves memory
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  28. 28.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  31. 31.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only for adults (c) no, never (d) only with pills
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  34. 34.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
  36. 36.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  39. 39.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
  40. 40.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) a number read once (d) something you understand

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. False
  3. True
  4. a myth
  5. notice it
  6. a fact
  7. False
  8. step 1
  9. a fact
  10. keep it in memory
  11. meaning makes it stick
  12. notice, store, recall
  13. a myth
  14. pictures stick better
  15. attention comes first
  16. step 1
  17. a myth
  18. we forget without review
  19. sleep helps you learn
  20. good memory is just luck
  21. False
  22. a myth
  23. pay attention
  24. memory can’t improve
  25. no, that is a myth
  26. some kids never forget
  27. we forget without review
  28. True
  29. a fact
  30. one reading is enough
  31. False
  32. yes, with good methods
  33. step 3
  34. False
  35. practice improves memory
  36. True
  37. step 2
  38. step 2
  39. bringing it back to mind
  40. something you understand

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