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