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