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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 289 · 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: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
  6. 6.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  10. 10.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) chatting in class (d) three tasks at once
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) a quiet place to study
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) games open on screen (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
  19. 19.👀 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 again, focused (d) read it faster
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) a quiet place to study (d) studying half-asleep
  26. 26.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) TV on while studying
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  32. 32.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  35. 35.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) a goal for each session
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

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

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