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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

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

Answer key

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

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