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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 913 · 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: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 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
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) games open on screen (d) a desk full of toys
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) TV on while studying
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) one task at a time
  18. 18.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) turn the sound up
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) short planned breaks
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) games open on screen (c) daydreaming in class (d) studying half-asleep
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  25. 25.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  26. 26.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) a quiet place to study (d) games open on screen
  29. 29.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) scrolling while reading
  33. 33.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) short planned breaks
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) games open on screen
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) a goal for each session
  38. 38.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) short planned breaks (c) a desk full of toys (d) a quiet place to study
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) games open on screen

Answer key

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

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