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