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