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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

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

Answer key

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

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