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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 971 · 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.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) daydreaming in class (c) one task at a time (d) a quiet place to study
  3. 3.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 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) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  11. 11.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) short planned breaks (d) checking messages
  14. 14.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) studying half-asleep (d) a clear, tidy desk
  16. 16.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it makes you tired (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
  21. 21.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  24. 24.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
  29. 29.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  32. 32.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) games open on screen
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep

Answer key

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

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