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