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