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