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