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