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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 575 · 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) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  5. 5.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) short planned breaks
  12. 12.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) give up studying (d) think about it more
  15. 15.👀 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
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) eyes on the speaker
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  20. 20.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) eyes on the speaker (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.👀 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
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.👀 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
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) chatting in class
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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