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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 481 · 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: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) checking messages
  4. 4.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  15. 15.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
  16. 16.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  22. 22.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) phone in another room
  24. 24.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it only helps in sport (c) it makes you tired (d) you keep what you notice
  25. 25.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  30. 30.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) short planned breaks (d) a desk full of toys
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) chatting in class
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a goal for each session
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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