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: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
- 3.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
- 6.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
- 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) daydreaming in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
- 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 14.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 17.👀 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) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
- 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 20.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
- 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) scrolling while reading
- 27.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 29.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) checking messages
- 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a goal for each session
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
- 35.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
- 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) notes while listening
- 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
Answer key
- breaks attention
- studying half-asleep
- True
- False
- chatting in class
- True
- a clear, tidy desk
- asking a question
- helps attention
- a goal for each session
- taking short notes
- helps attention
- a clear, tidy desk
- False
- False
- helps attention
- read it again, focused
- phone in another room
- breaks attention
- True
- True
- True
- a quiet place to study
- breaks attention
- daydreaming in class
- one task at a time
- note it, then go back
- helps attention
- True
- one task at a time
- TV on while studying
- three tasks at once
- a desk full of toys
- a desk full of toys
- True
- True
- put it in another room
- daydreaming in class
- breaks attention
- phone in another room
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