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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 964 · 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.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  3. 3.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  10. 10.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  21. 21.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
  23. 23.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  28. 28.👀 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
  29. 29.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) chatting in class (c) notes while listening (d) a goal for each session
  32. 32.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
  34. 34.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) a desk full of toys
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) three tasks at once

Answer key

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

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