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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 422 · 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.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.👀 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
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) phone in another room (d) asking a question
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) a quiet place to study (d) eyes on the speaker
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  13. 13.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  14. 14.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  16. 16.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) scrolling while reading
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) short planned breaks (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  25. 25.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) asking a question (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  28. 28.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) chatting in class
  33. 33.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  40. 40.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter

Answer key

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

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