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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 356 · 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: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  5. 5.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  12. 12.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  15. 15.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) short planned breaks
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a quiet place to study (d) phone in another room
  27. 27.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) a quiet place to study
  31. 31.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) games open on screen (d) chatting in class
  33. 33.👀 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
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
  40. 40.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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