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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 643 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  3. 3.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
  9. 9.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
  17. 17.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) games open on screen (d) eyes on the speaker
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) scrolling while reading
  26. 26.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) turn the sound up
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
  29. 29.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  36. 36.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) checking messages (c) games open on screen (d) short planned breaks
  39. 39.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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