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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 867 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) one task at a time
  2. 2.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) TV on while studying
  5. 5.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  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.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
  15. 15.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  20. 20.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) a quiet place to study
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  28. 28.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) studying half-asleep
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) daydreaming in class
  33. 33.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
  36. 36.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
  38. 38.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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