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