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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 579 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
  3. 3.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
  7. 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
  10. 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.👀 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
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
  24. 24.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) scrolling while reading
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) one task at a time (d) asking a question
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) a clear, tidy desk
  38. 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

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

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