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