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