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 clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
- 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 3.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 6.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) studying half-asleep
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
- 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) studying half-asleep (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a goal for each session
- 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 15.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
- 17.👀 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) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
- 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) one task at a time
- 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 22.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
- 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
- 26.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a quiet place to study (d) short planned breaks
- 28.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 29.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
- 30.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
- 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 34.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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) eyes on the speaker (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
- 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
- 40.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a desk full of toys
- helps attention
- False
- breaks attention
- helps attention
- False
- True
- breaks attention
- studying half-asleep
- eyes on the speaker
- taking short notes
- studying half-asleep
- breaks attention
- three tasks at once
- True
- a goal for each session
- read it again, focused
- helps attention
- chatting in class
- helps attention
- breaks attention
- False
- scrolling while reading
- TV on while studying
- asking a question
- False
- checking messages
- True
- note it, then go back
- on the teacher and board
- breaks attention
- TV on while studying
- a clear, tidy desk
- True
- True
- chatting in class
- three tasks at once
- a desk full of toys
- notes while listening
- False
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