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