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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 299 · 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.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) daydreaming in class
  3. 3.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) a desk full of toys (d) daydreaming in class
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  8. 8.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) chatting in class
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) a clear, tidy desk
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) games open on screen
  24. 24.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) chatting in class
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  34. 34.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
  36. 36.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  40. 40.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room

Answer key

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

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