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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 823 · 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) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  3. 3.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
  9. 9.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  10. 10.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) asking a question (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  16. 16.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) a desk full of toys
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) short planned breaks
  29. 29.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  34. 34.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) a goal for each session (d) studying half-asleep
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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