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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 394 · 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 goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) chatting in class (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  4. 4.👀 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
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  6. 6.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.👀 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
  9. 9.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 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
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) a quiet place to study
  14. 14.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) a quiet place to study (d) a desk full of toys
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) short planned breaks (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) games open on screen
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) scrolling while reading (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
  28. 28.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) notes while listening (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a goal for each session
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) short planned breaks
  32. 32.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  33. 33.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
  34. 34.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) studying half-asleep
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

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

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