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