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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 853 · 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.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  12. 12.👀 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) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) short planned breaks (d) a goal for each session
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) asking a question
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) chatting in class
  26. 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
  33. 33.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  34. 34.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
  37. 37.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) a clear, tidy desk
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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