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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 472 · 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 of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) studying half-asleep
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
  16. 16.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
  17. 17.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a desk full of toys (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.👀 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) studying half-asleep
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  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: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.👀 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
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) a clear, tidy desk
  38. 38.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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