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