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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 661 · 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: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) games open on screen
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) games open on screen
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) studying half-asleep
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) a desk full of toys (d) a quiet place to study
  19. 19.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  21. 21.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
  24. 24.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
  29. 29.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class
  31. 31.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  34. 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) studying half-asleep (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks

Answer key

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

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