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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 708 · 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: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
  6. 6.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) notes while listening
  11. 11.👀 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
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) note it, then go back (c) think about it more (d) watch the match
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
  17. 17.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  20. 20.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it makes you tired (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) notes while listening (d) eyes on the speaker
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) checking messages
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) daydreaming in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  34. 34.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  36. 36.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) notes while listening

Answer key

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

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