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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 690 · 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: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
  3. 3.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) scrolling while reading
  13. 13.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
  16. 16.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 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
  19. 19.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) checking messages (c) chatting in class (d) scrolling while reading
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) asking a question (d) scrolling while reading
  22. 22.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
  24. 24.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a desk full of toys (c) scrolling while reading (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  39. 39.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

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

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