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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 843 · 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) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
  3. 3.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
  6. 6.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) a clear, tidy desk
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  11. 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
  14. 14.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) scrolling while reading
  27. 27.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a goal for each session
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
  35. 35.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room

Answer key

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

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