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