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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 557 · 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) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 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
  6. 6.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
  9. 9.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  10. 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) chatting quietly
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) one task at a time
  13. 13.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) asking a question (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) a clear, tidy desk
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
  25. 25.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
  26. 26.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) TV on while studying (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  28. 28.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
  33. 33.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) asking a question
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  36. 36.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) daydreaming in class
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a desk full of toys (c) scrolling while reading (d) studying half-asleep
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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