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