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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 487 · 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) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) asking a question (d) eyes on the speaker
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  8. 8.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
  9. 9.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) short planned breaks
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) one task at a time
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) chatting in class
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  18. 18.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
  23. 23.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) checking messages
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room
  28. 28.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
  32. 32.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
  35. 35.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a quiet place to study (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a clear, tidy desk
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) games open on screen
  40. 40.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport

Answer key

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

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