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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 757 · 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.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) give up studying (c) watch the match (d) think about it more
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  10. 10.👀 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) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
  11. 11.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on the teacher and board (c) out of the window (d) on your phone
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) TV on while studying
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  33. 33.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) short planned breaks (c) phone in another room (d) one task at a time
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) games open on screen
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
  39. 39.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) one task at a time (d) scrolling while reading

Answer key

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

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