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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 298 · 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: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  10. 10.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  18. 18.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) games open on screen (d) eyes on the speaker
  20. 20.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) asking a question (c) TV on while studying (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  26. 26.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  28. 28.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  30. 30.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
  34. 34.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) a quiet place to study
  36. 36.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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