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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 568 · 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: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) one task at a time (d) a clear, tidy desk
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  6. 6.👀 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
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your phone (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  16. 16.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) notes while listening
  19. 19.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) think about it more
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
  23. 23.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) turn the sound up
  24. 24.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a desk full of toys
  27. 27.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) a desk full of toys
  32. 32.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  35. 35.👀 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
  36. 36.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

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

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