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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 692 · 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 of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
  2. 2.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  9. 9.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) checking messages
  17. 17.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  20. 20.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  22. 22.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) a quiet place to study (d) eyes on the speaker
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) a desk full of toys
  26. 26.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  31. 31.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) notes while listening
  33. 33.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) games open on screen (d) chatting in class
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) notes while listening (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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