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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 807 · 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: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  8. 8.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) notes while listening (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a desk full of toys
  13. 13.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  21. 21.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) studying half-asleep (d) daydreaming in class
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
  26. 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  27. 27.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
  31. 31.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class

Answer key

  1. breaks attention
  2. False
  3. breaks attention
  4. helps attention
  5. breaks attention
  6. TV on while studying
  7. asking a question
  8. False
  9. breaks attention
  10. True
  11. helps attention
  12. a desk full of toys
  13. False
  14. helps attention
  15. on the teacher and board
  16. breaks attention
  17. False
  18. True
  19. taking short notes
  20. a clear, tidy desk
  21. put it in another room
  22. scrolling while reading
  23. studying half-asleep
  24. phone in another room
  25. studying half-asleep
  26. note it, then go back
  27. True
  28. phone in another room
  29. breaks attention
  30. a clear, tidy desk
  31. True
  32. TV on while studying
  33. a goal for each session
  34. helps attention
  35. False
  36. True
  37. notes while listening
  38. helps attention
  39. a desk full of toys
  40. short planned breaks

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