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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 678 · 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: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) asking a question (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
  7. 7.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  9. 9.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) a desk full of toys
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
  13. 13.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  15. 15.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  17. 17.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) eyes on the speaker
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) notes while listening (d) chatting in class
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) chatting in class (b) short planned breaks (c) one task at a time (d) eyes on the speaker
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) daydreaming in class
  34. 34.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  35. 35.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) a clear, tidy desk
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time

Answer key

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

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