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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 506 · 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: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) three tasks at once (d) games open on screen
  4. 4.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) daydreaming in class (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
  15. 15.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
  16. 16.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  17. 17.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) studying half-asleep
  19. 19.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) short planned breaks (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  25. 25.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  33. 33.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) one task at a time
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  37. 37.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  39. 39.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it again, focused (d) read it faster
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) chatting in class

Answer key

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

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