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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 259 · 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.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  3. 3.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) daydreaming in class
  6. 6.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) asking a question (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  15. 15.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  18. 18.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  19. 19.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
  20. 20.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) daydreaming in class (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  22. 22.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  25. 25.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  28. 28.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
  30. 30.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
  33. 33.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) checking messages
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks

Answer key

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

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