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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 517 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  4. 4.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  7. 7.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) a quiet place to study (d) TV on while studying
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
  23. 23.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
  24. 24.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) think about it more (c) watch the match (d) note it, then go back
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
  34. 34.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) games open on screen
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
  40. 40.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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