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