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