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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 693 · 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: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👀 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
  5. 5.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) daydreaming in class (d) TV on while studying
  7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
  8. 8.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  12. 12.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) TV on while studying
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) a quiet place to study
  20. 20.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  24. 24.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) chatting in class
  27. 27.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) phone in another room (c) short planned breaks (d) TV on while studying
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) one task at a time
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  34. 34.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) notes while listening
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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