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