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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 12 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (You keep what you notice): Helps attention: phone in another room, one task at a time, a clear, tidy desk, eyes on the speaker, notes while listening. Breaks attention: TV on while studying, checking messages, three tasks at once, chatting in class, scrolling while reading. Mind wandering? Note the thought down to “park” it, then go back to your work.

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  1. 1.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
  3. 3.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
  7. 7.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) asking a question (d) a clear, tidy desk
  12. 12.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  13. 13.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
  20. 20.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it only helps in sport (c) it makes you tired (d) you keep what you notice
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) TV on while studying
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  27. 27.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) games open on screen
  30. 30.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  35. 35.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) TV on while studying
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) scrolling while reading (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room

Answer key

  1. helps attention
  2. put it in another room
  3. True
  4. daydreaming in class
  5. breaks attention
  6. on the teacher and board
  7. False
  8. False
  9. breaks attention
  10. helps attention
  11. daydreaming in class
  12. taking short notes
  13. False
  14. helps attention
  15. True
  16. read it again, focused
  17. True
  18. breaks attention
  19. a goal for each session
  20. you keep what you notice
  21. helps attention
  22. breaks attention
  23. True
  24. True
  25. TV on while studying
  26. checking messages
  27. True
  28. phone in another room
  29. short planned breaks
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. note it, then go back
  34. a goal for each session
  35. True
  36. one task at a time
  37. eyes on the speaker
  38. breaks attention
  39. scrolling while reading
  40. a desk full of toys

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