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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 794 · 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 helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a desk full of toys
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) phone in another room (d) notes while listening
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  9. 9.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) read it faster
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) games open on screen
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  14. 14.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) notes while listening (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
  16. 16.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) checking messages (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  20. 20.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
  23. 23.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) studying half-asleep (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
  29. 29.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  32. 32.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) think about it more
  40. 40.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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