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