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