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