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