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