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