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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 820 · 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: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) daydreaming in class
  3. 3.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) checking messages (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
  5. 5.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) asking a question (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) asking a question
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) chatting quietly
  21. 21.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.👀 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
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.👀 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 faster (d) read it again, focused
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) a quiet place to study
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) a quiet place to study
  37. 37.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) scrolling while reading
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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