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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 688 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) a desk full of toys
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  6. 6.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) a clear, tidy desk
  9. 9.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
  11. 11.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) watch the match
  12. 12.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  16. 16.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) short planned breaks (d) a goal for each session
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  30. 30.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  38. 38.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once

Answer key

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

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