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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 413 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) asking a question (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  2. 2.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) games open on screen
  5. 5.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) daydreaming in class (c) notes while listening (d) phone in another room
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) a quiet place to study (d) daydreaming in class
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
  17. 17.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
  24. 24.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) read it faster
  25. 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) chatting in class (d) asking a question
  28. 28.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  34. 34.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) daydreaming in class
  37. 37.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. games open on screen
  2. True
  3. breaks attention
  4. a goal for each session
  5. False
  6. helps attention
  7. taking short notes
  8. breaks attention
  9. True
  10. daydreaming in class
  11. breaks attention
  12. a quiet place to study
  13. a goal for each session
  14. notes while listening
  15. True
  16. one task at a time
  17. False
  18. helps attention
  19. False
  20. phone in another room
  21. checking messages
  22. breaks attention
  23. you keep what you notice
  24. read it again, focused
  25. on the teacher and board
  26. short planned breaks
  27. asking a question
  28. False
  29. helps attention
  30. breaks attention
  31. helps attention
  32. breaks attention
  33. chatting in class
  34. False
  35. three tasks at once
  36. daydreaming in class
  37. False
  38. True
  39. helps attention
  40. True

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