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