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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 330 · 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: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  4. 4.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) short planned breaks (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  11. 11.👀 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
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) scrolling while reading (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) studying half-asleep
  17. 17.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
  19. 19.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.👀 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
  22. 22.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) short planned breaks (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) three tasks at once
  27. 27.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  30. 30.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) a quiet place to study
  32. 32.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) give up studying (c) note it, then go back (d) watch the match
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) games open on screen
  39. 39.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
  40. 40.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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