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