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