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