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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 217 · 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) asking a question (b) a desk full of toys (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) games open on screen
  9. 9.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
  10. 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  11. 11.👀 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 faster (d) read it again, focused
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) games open on screen (c) a goal for each session (d) notes while listening
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
  18. 18.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) TV on while studying
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) daydreaming in class (c) notes while listening (d) a goal for each session
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
  34. 34.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) short planned breaks
  37. 37.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) a clear, tidy desk
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  40. 40.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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