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