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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 552 · 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.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) asking a question (c) notes while listening (d) one task at a time
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) scrolling while reading (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) studying half-asleep (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
  17. 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) a quiet place to study (d) TV on while studying
  18. 18.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
  19. 19.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) a quiet place to study
  26. 26.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) a quiet place to study (d) chatting in class
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) scrolling while reading (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  32. 32.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  35. 35.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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