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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 804 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
  12. 12.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) asking a question (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  23. 23.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) games open on screen
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) studying half-asleep
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  29. 29.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) asking a question (d) a clear, tidy desk
  36. 36.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) daydreaming in class
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) a goal for each session
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) short planned breaks (c) a desk full of toys (d) studying half-asleep

Answer key

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

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