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