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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 851 · 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: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
  3. 3.👀 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
  4. 4.👀 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) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) eyes on the speaker (d) three tasks at once
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  11. 11.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it makes you tired (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) three tasks at once
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) daydreaming in class
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) a desk full of toys
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) studying half-asleep (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) short planned breaks (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) TV on while studying
  28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) notes while listening (d) TV on while studying
  29. 29.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  36. 36.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  37. 37.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) one task at a time

Answer key

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

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