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