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