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