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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 146 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  2. 2.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) turn the TV on
  8. 8.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) daydreaming in class (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
  19. 19.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  22. 22.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) asking a question (d) games open on screen
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) a goal for each session
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) games open on screen (d) asking a question
  33. 33.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a goal for each session
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) daydreaming in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) eyes on the speaker
  36. 36.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
  39. 39.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening

Answer key

  1. notes while listening
  2. False
  3. breaks attention
  4. True
  5. phone in another room
  6. breaks attention
  7. read it again, focused
  8. True
  9. helps attention
  10. one task at a time
  11. short planned breaks
  12. helps attention
  13. False
  14. True
  15. notes while listening
  16. breaks attention
  17. breaks attention
  18. on the teacher and board
  19. False
  20. False
  21. chatting in class
  22. put it in another room
  23. helps attention
  24. False
  25. helps attention
  26. False
  27. breaks attention
  28. helps attention
  29. asking a question
  30. TV on while studying
  31. eyes on the speaker
  32. asking a question
  33. False
  34. three tasks at once
  35. daydreaming in class
  36. True
  37. a goal for each session
  38. short planned breaks
  39. taking short notes
  40. games open on screen

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