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