Log inSign up for FREE
Library

💡 Skills & Mindset #06: Focus & Concentration (Crash Course)

Last updated about 3 years ago
18 questions
Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions, prompts, and other items.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.
10

Describe the last time you were able to sit down and intensely pay attention to one task for a long time. This can be a school-related task or unrelated to school.

10

How would improving your ability to focus and concentrate improve your academic success?

10

How would improving your ability to focus and concentrate improve your success outside of school?

5

What word is defined in the video as follows?

The process of focusing your cognitive resources on one particular stimulus or source of information while ignoring all others in the environment.

5
When you are purposefully directing your attention to something like a passage in a book, that is called __________.
5
When involuntarily direct your focus to something because it is so interesting that it captures your attention, that is called __________.
5
When your mind gets tired of focusing on something and it becomes easier to get distracted, that is called__________.
5

True or False: Multi-tasking is an effective strategy to help you get more accomplished.

5

How long should you remain focused on a single task before switching tasks or taking a short break?

10

  1. What is the best location for your study zone at school?
  2. What makes it a good place to study?

10

  1. What is the best location for your study zone away from school?
  2. What makes it a good place to study?

10

How would you respond if a friend told you they were studying and asked to not be disturbed for a while? Why is that?

10

How do you think your friends would respond if you told them you were studying and asked them not to disturb you for a while? Why is that?

💪🧠 Taking control of and overcoming your urges to switch to distracting stimuli is an example of mental toughness!
  • Just like powering through discomfort at the end of a race, you can overpower your impulses to check social media and other distractors when studying or completing other important tasks.
  • Additionally, there are simple steps that you can take to reduce distractions and improve the quality of your environment.
The more often you do it, the easier it will become!
That reminds me of something a wise teacher often says:

"You know what'll make you better?...

PRACTICE!"
5

True or False: When taking short breaks every 20 - 30 minutes, you should begin working an another big task or assignment.

5

Which of the following is not listed in the video as a biological need of the brain?

10

In which of your current courses do you struggle the most with focus and concentration?

10

How can you apply the strategies that Thomas Frank described in this video to improve your success in that course?

10

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?