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