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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 210 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) keep it in your hand (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
  2. 2.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) chatting in class
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
  6. 6.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) read it faster (c) skip the chapter (d) turn the TV on
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  10. 10.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
  14. 14.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  19. 19.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  22. 22.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) short planned breaks (d) TV on while studying
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a goal for each session
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) a quiet place to study
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  38. 38.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons

Answer key

  1. put it in another room
  2. True
  3. a quiet place to study
  4. breaks attention
  5. three tasks at once
  6. True
  7. read it again, focused
  8. helps attention
  9. checking messages
  10. False
  11. breaks attention
  12. notes while listening
  13. phone in another room
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. breaks attention
  18. one task at a time
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a desk full of toys
  22. True
  23. helps attention
  24. short planned breaks
  25. a desk full of toys
  26. breaks attention
  27. short planned breaks
  28. helps attention
  29. studying half-asleep
  30. games open on screen
  31. helps attention
  32. notes while listening
  33. helps attention
  34. three tasks at once
  35. chatting in class
  36. scrolling while reading
  37. daydreaming in class
  38. False
  39. breaks attention
  40. taking short notes

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