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