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