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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 949 · 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) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) short planned breaks
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) daydreaming in class
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
  10. 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  14. 14.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) a clear, tidy desk
  18. 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  19. 19.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  22. 22.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) eyes on the speaker
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) asking a question (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) one task at a time (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  35. 35.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
  39. 39.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) daydreaming in class (d) scrolling while reading

Answer key

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

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