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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 495 · 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: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) asking a question (d) scrolling while reading
  3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
  5. 5.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  12. 12.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) a clear, tidy desk
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  17. 17.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.👀 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
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
  23. 23.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.👀 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
  27. 27.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) chatting in class
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
  31. 31.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) short planned breaks
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a desk full of toys (d) daydreaming in class
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) a goal for each session
  37. 37.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  39. 39.👀 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
  40. 40.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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