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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 418 · 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) daydreaming in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
  2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
  3. 3.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) games open on screen
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) eyes on the speaker
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) think about it more
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  30. 30.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  35. 35.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) daydreaming in class
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  40. 40.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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