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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 584 · 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: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
  4. 4.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
  5. 5.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  8. 8.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) notes while listening
  10. 10.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  15. 15.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
  17. 17.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  20. 20.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
  22. 22.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) notes while listening (c) chatting in class (d) a desk full of toys
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  38. 38.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  39. 39.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) a quiet place to study

Answer key

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

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