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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 976 · 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: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a desk full of toys (d) asking a question
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  16. 16.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a quiet place to study (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  18. 18.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) you keep what you notice (c) it makes you tired (d) it doesn’t matter
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) asking a question
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
  27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) games open on screen
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) short planned breaks (d) checking messages
  32. 32.🔍 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
  33. 33.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  37. 37.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) a quiet place to study (d) games open on screen

Answer key

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

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