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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 892 · 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: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) short planned breaks (d) a desk full of toys
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) turn the sound up
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  11. 11.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  16. 16.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  17. 17.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  19. 19.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) short planned breaks (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) short planned breaks (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
  26. 26.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) scrolling while reading
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) notes while listening
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
  38. 38.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  40. 40.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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