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