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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 306 · 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: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) short planned breaks
  3. 3.👀 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
  4. 4.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  5. 5.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) eyes on the speaker (c) checking messages (d) chatting in class
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) scrolling while reading (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) a goal for each session
  13. 13.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) give up studying (c) watch the match (d) note it, then go back
  15. 15.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) short planned breaks
  17. 17.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) keep it in your hand (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) chatting in class (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) a quiet place to study (d) games open on screen
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a quiet place to study (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  24. 24.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) short planned breaks
  29. 29.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a quiet place to study (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) studying half-asleep
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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