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 of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
- 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 4.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
- 5.👀 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
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 7.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a quiet place to study (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) scrolling while reading (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
- 9.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 10.👀 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
- 11.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) chatting in class
- 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
- 15.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
- 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) one task at a time (d) daydreaming in class
- 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
- 19.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
- 20.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
- 22.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 24.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
- 30.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 31.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
- 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 33.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
- 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 39.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) scrolling while reading (d) eyes on the speaker
Answer key
- eyes on the speaker
- breaks attention
- breaks attention
- note it, then go back
- read it again, focused
- helps attention
- daydreaming in class
- a clear, tidy desk
- True
- you keep what you notice
- False
- asking a question
- breaks attention
- a desk full of toys
- taking short notes
- breaks attention
- one task at a time
- checking messages
- put it in another room
- False
- a goal for each session
- True
- helps attention
- False
- False
- False
- breaks attention
- helps attention
- chatting in class
- True
- on the teacher and board
- helps attention
- False
- False
- breaks attention
- one task at a time
- breaks attention
- helps attention
- True
- scrolling while reading
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