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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 777 · 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 breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
  2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  5. 5.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) TV on while studying
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) daydreaming in class
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) one task at a time
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) studying half-asleep
  27. 27.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
  28. 28.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  33. 33.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) eyes on the speaker

Answer key

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

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