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