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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 866 · 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: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a desk full of toys (c) one task at a time (d) a clear, tidy desk
  3. 3.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) think about it more
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👀 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
  7. 7.👀 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  9. 9.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  10. 10.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) notes while listening
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) short planned breaks
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) daydreaming in class
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) chatting in class
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
  21. 21.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) three tasks at once
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
  25. 25.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying
  32. 32.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
  36. 36.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) checking messages
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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