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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to. 2020, Orhan and Beyhan, 2020).

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to. 2020, Orhan and Beyhan, 2020).

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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The general public and scientists combine their efforts to carry out large-scale activities so that the labor involved in the projects is distributed. Such projects are especially useful in population studies, wildlife conservation efforts, psychological surveys, and behavioral research.

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Taking a Tech Break and Unplugging From Classroom Technology

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Increases Focus and Attention Numerous studies have examined the impact that screen time has had on a child’s attention and concentration and have found that excessive screen time is associated with attention problems such as distracted focus and reduced concentration. Here are a few of the benefits.

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

Faculty Focus

The combination of focused attention to SEL and fundamentally taking an asset-based approach to teaching mathematics changes our classroom setting in numerous ways. Invite PSTs to complete a reflection activity at the beginning of the course. Cultivate dynamic spaces where PSTs can ask questions and seek help.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

Many struggle to actively pay attention. PhotoVoice is a visual method used to understand the world through the eyes of those experiencing it. As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. Students are always on their phones.

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

Faculty Focus

The combination of focused attention to SEL and fundamentally taking an asset-based approach to teaching mathematics changes our classroom setting in numerous ways. Invite PSTs to complete a reflection activity at the beginning of the course. Cultivate dynamic spaces where PSTs can ask questions and seek help.

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