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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 409 · 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.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) notes while listening
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  7. 7.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) a clear, tidy desk
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) three tasks at once
  14. 14.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
  18. 18.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
  20. 20.👀 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
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) a quiet place to study
  26. 26.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  29. 29.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
  31. 31.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
  39. 39.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time

Answer key

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

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