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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 331 · 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: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) watch the match
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) a quiet place to study
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) three tasks at once
  9. 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) asking a question
  10. 10.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) scrolling while reading
  14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) scrolling while reading
  19. 19.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) checking messages
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) asking a question
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
  32. 32.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a desk full of toys (d) a quiet place to study
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  40. 40.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. breaks attention
  2. False
  3. note it, then go back
  4. helps attention
  5. helps attention
  6. helps attention
  7. checking messages
  8. eyes on the speaker
  9. TV on while studying
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False
  13. a clear, tidy desk
  14. studying half-asleep
  15. notes while listening
  16. breaks attention
  17. False
  18. asking a question
  19. True
  20. phone in another room
  21. TV on while studying
  22. breaks attention
  23. read it again, focused
  24. short planned breaks
  25. helps attention
  26. daydreaming in class
  27. chatting in class
  28. breaks attention
  29. True
  30. notes while listening
  31. a quiet place to study
  32. True
  33. helps attention
  34. a goal for each session
  35. short planned breaks
  36. checking messages
  37. chatting in class
  38. a desk full of toys
  39. studying half-asleep
  40. False

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