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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 525 · 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: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) TV on while studying (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) three tasks at once
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) a desk full of toys
  14. 14.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) keep it in your hand (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
  20. 20.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) games open on screen
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
  27. 27.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  28. 28.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  31. 31.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  33. 33.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  35. 35.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) asking a question

Answer key

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

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