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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 993 · 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: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  2. 2.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
  3. 3.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  5. 5.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) turn the TV on
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
  7. 7.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  8. 8.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
  10. 10.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.👀 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
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
  22. 22.👀 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 phone (d) on your friend
  23. 23.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  25. 25.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) one task at a time (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
  27. 27.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) games open on screen (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  31. 31.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  33. 33.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) games open on screen (d) scrolling while reading
  39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) notes while listening (d) a goal for each session
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question

Answer key

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

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