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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

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

Answer key

  1. helps attention
  2. False
  3. helps attention
  4. True
  5. eyes on the speaker
  6. helps attention
  7. helps attention
  8. phone in another room
  9. breaks attention
  10. read it again, focused
  11. one task at a time
  12. TV on while studying
  13. breaks attention
  14. breaks attention
  15. notes while listening
  16. checking messages
  17. a clear, tidy desk
  18. True
  19. a clear, tidy desk
  20. asking a question
  21. True
  22. taking short notes
  23. a goal for each session
  24. breaks attention
  25. breaks attention
  26. True
  27. chatting in class
  28. put it in another room
  29. helps attention
  30. three tasks at once
  31. helps attention
  32. breaks attention
  33. three tasks at once
  34. scrolling while reading
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a quiet place to study
  38. you keep what you notice
  39. breaks attention
  40. studying half-asleep

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