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