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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 314 · 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: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  8. 8.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) eyes on the speaker
  10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
  12. 12.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) a quiet place to study
  14. 14.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
  20. 20.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 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
  25. 25.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) studying half-asleep
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
  31. 31.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
  36. 36.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  38. 38.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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