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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 283 · 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: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) a goal for each session
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) notes while listening (d) a goal for each session
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
  10. 10.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) give up studying (c) watch the match (d) think about it more
  11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) games open on screen
  15. 15.👀 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  17. 17.👀 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
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  24. 24.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) TV on while studying
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a desk full of toys (c) phone in another room (d) a clear, tidy desk
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) daydreaming in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  34. 34.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) asking a question (c) studying half-asleep (d) three tasks at once
  38. 38.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

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

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