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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 532 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) studying half-asleep
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) studying half-asleep (c) phone in another room (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
  8. 8.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) short planned breaks
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  17. 17.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
  21. 21.👀 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
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  26. 26.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) notes while listening
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) asking a question (d) games open on screen
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
  32. 32.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.👀 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) a goal for each session (d) asking a question
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) asking a question (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  38. 38.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons

Answer key

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

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