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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 544 · 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 quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) chatting in class
  4. 4.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  5. 5.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  9. 9.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  10. 10.👀 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
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) a desk full of toys
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  14. 14.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
  15. 15.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  19. 19.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) studying half-asleep (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  23. 23.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) three tasks at once
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) asking a question (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) studying half-asleep (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) short planned breaks
  31. 31.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) asking a question (d) short planned breaks
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) games open on screen
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
  39. 39.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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