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Students Are Distracted. What Can Educators Do About It?

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But Lang admits that holding students’ attention is now harder than it’s been in the past, and he offers some practical suggestions on how to respond. We talked about his tips for holding attention during online classes, his thoughts on banning devices in the classroom and how he got into writing about teaching in the first place.

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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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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. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Social Awareness Provide space for collaboration with each other and with the instructor.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Critical Thinking and Scientific Literacy Exposure to the scientific community and its methods enhances students’ and amateur volunteer scientists’ approaches toward specific problems. Pay close attention to the prerequisites such as time requirements, travel, equipment, training period, and prior experience.

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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. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Social Awareness Provide space for collaboration with each other and with the instructor.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

Scholarly Teacher

In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016). Jossey-Bass.