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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 199 · 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: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons
  3. 3.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  6. 6.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) games open on screen
  8. 8.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) think about it more
  9. 9.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  14. 14.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) a quiet place to study
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) studying half-asleep
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) daydreaming in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
  26. 26.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) one task at a time (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a quiet place to study
  30. 30.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  31. 31.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) checking messages (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
  34. 34.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
  35. 35.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen

Answer key

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

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