For Better Grades - Use Your Brain

Which topic is NOT discussed in the passage?

• short and long-term memory

• how to study for tests better

• why some people are very smart

• three components of our memory

According to the passage, why does drawing a picture do?

• it puts information into short-term memory.

• It shows people you are trying to learn

• It makes the connections in the brain stronger

• It helps us forgetting the information easily

which sentence is most likely to be true?

• Reciting ideas out loud is better than drawing them.

• Brain researchers understand short-term memory best.

• Information can be stored in short-term memory for a long time.

• It's better to have information in your long-term memory when doing a test.

When we learn new facts, we save them in our long-term memory.

• True

• False

You remember better if you start studying a long time before a test.

• True

• False

Our brains change physically when we learn new information.

• True

• False

Saying new information out loud is a good way to remember it.

• True

• False

You don't have to memorize every small detail to learn a subject.

• True

• False

Some components of a healthy life are...

• less energy and a good diet

• more energy and better skin

• exercise and a poor diet

• exercise and a good diet

You need to make an effort if a task is...

• simple

• easy

• difficult

• effortless