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