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