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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 830 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) scrolling while reading
  2. 2.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
  3. 3.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  5. 5.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) chatting in class
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  26. 26.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) checking messages (c) games open on screen (d) three tasks at once
  30. 30.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) scrolling while reading (c) a quiet place to study (d) short planned breaks
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  33. 33.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) games open on screen (d) short planned breaks
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) daydreaming in class
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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