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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 666 · 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) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
  3. 3.👀 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) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a clear, tidy desk
  5. 5.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) short planned breaks
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) scrolling while reading (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) games open on screen (d) eyes on the speaker
  14. 14.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) a clear, tidy desk
  16. 16.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  18. 18.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time
  26. 26.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) a clear, tidy desk
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
  34. 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
  39. 39.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

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

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