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