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