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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 670 · 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: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
  3. 3.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  9. 9.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) daydreaming in class
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) games open on screen
  17. 17.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) phone in another room
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  28. 28.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) a goal for each session
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
  35. 35.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  36. 36.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

  1. helps attention
  2. note it, then go back
  3. on the teacher and board
  4. helps attention
  5. breaks attention
  6. False
  7. True
  8. one task at a time
  9. False
  10. False
  11. True
  12. scrolling while reading
  13. chatting in class
  14. a quiet place to study
  15. daydreaming in class
  16. games open on screen
  17. put it in another room
  18. three tasks at once
  19. eyes on the speaker
  20. helps attention
  21. studying half-asleep
  22. TV on while studying
  23. one task at a time
  24. breaks attention
  25. False
  26. taking short notes
  27. short planned breaks
  28. True
  29. asking a question
  30. checking messages
  31. helps attention
  32. True
  33. breaks attention
  34. three tasks at once
  35. read it again, focused
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. helps attention

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