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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 654 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
  3. 3.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
  5. 5.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) short planned breaks
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) scrolling while reading
  10. 10.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  11. 11.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
  15. 15.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 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
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
  23. 23.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) asking a question
  25. 25.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) read it faster
  26. 26.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) chatting in class (d) scrolling while reading
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) scrolling while reading

Answer key

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

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