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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 686 · 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) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) daydreaming in class (d) short planned breaks
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  12. 12.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) phone in another room (d) a quiet place to study
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
  17. 17.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) chatting quietly
  18. 18.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) games open on screen
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) studying half-asleep
  25. 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) one task at a time
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  34. 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a desk full of toys
  36. 36.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) chatting in class
  39. 39.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  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. breaks attention
  3. False
  4. False
  5. daydreaming in class
  6. breaks attention
  7. False
  8. breaks attention
  9. put it in another room
  10. helps attention
  11. asking a question
  12. on the teacher and board
  13. chatting in class
  14. breaks attention
  15. breaks attention
  16. chatting in class
  17. taking short notes
  18. read it again, focused
  19. three tasks at once
  20. a quiet place to study
  21. breaks attention
  22. helps attention
  23. a goal for each session
  24. notes while listening
  25. True
  26. helps attention
  27. False
  28. three tasks at once
  29. helps attention
  30. helps attention
  31. True
  32. False
  33. you keep what you notice
  34. True
  35. eyes on the speaker
  36. True
  37. studying half-asleep
  38. notes while listening
  39. True
  40. helps attention

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