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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 788 · 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: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.👀 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
  11. 11.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) asking a question
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  17. 17.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) three tasks at once (d) daydreaming in class
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  25. 25.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) eyes on the speaker
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) games open on screen
  34. 34.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) checking messages
  36. 36.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock

Answer key

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

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