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