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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 948 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) daydreaming in class (d) scrolling while reading
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a desk full of toys (c) studying half-asleep (d) three tasks at once
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) eyes on the speaker
  12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  13. 13.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it makes you tired (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
  16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
  19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  20. 20.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
  21. 21.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  23. 23.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) daydreaming in class (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  28. 28.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
  31. 31.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on your phone
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  35. 35.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) games open on screen (d) studying half-asleep
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) a clear, tidy desk

Answer key

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

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