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