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