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