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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 168 · 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.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a quiet place to study (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your phone (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  10. 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  13. 13.👀 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
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  20. 20.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
  22. 22.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) studying half-asleep (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  25. 25.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  30. 30.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  33. 33.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

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

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