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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 625 · 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.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) think about it more
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
  6. 6.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
  11. 11.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) games open on screen
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) a desk full of toys
  22. 22.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) studying half-asleep
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) games open on screen
  29. 29.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) phone in another room
  34. 34.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  39. 39.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study

Answer key

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

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