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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 648 · 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.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  4. 4.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) studying half-asleep
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
  17. 17.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
  22. 22.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  25. 25.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  29. 29.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) asking a question (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
  35. 35.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) a desk full of toys
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  38. 38.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) a quiet place to study
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) asking a question

Answer key

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

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