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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 858 · 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 of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  2. 2.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) a desk full of toys
  5. 5.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  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.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) studying half-asleep
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) checking messages (d) chatting in class
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) studying half-asleep (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
  13. 13.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) short planned breaks
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) daydreaming in class (d) eyes on the speaker
  19. 19.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
  22. 22.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) chatting in class
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) asking a question
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) asking a question
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
  30. 30.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  31. 31.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  36. 36.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) notes while listening
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

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

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