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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 704 · 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) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) notes while listening
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  3. 3.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  6. 6.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 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
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
  16. 16.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
  26. 26.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  30. 30.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  33. 33.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a desk full of toys (c) daydreaming in class (d) TV on while studying
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  38. 38.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) asking a question
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) scrolling while reading

Answer key

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

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