Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That question is the topic of a new book out this month by James Lang, called “ Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. EdSurge: In researching this book, you write that you spent two years looking at distraction in classrooms. Can you talk about some of your research methods?

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Instructors Attention Education Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ChatGPT’s emergence and subsequent evolution as a generative artificial intelligence tool introduces new ways of assisting students with research design. as a tool in research project supervision. I also discuss how to instruct students to include ChatGPT in their research methodology when using the tool to refine research questions.

Ethics 128

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ChatGPT’s emergence and subsequent evolution as a generative artificial intelligence tool introduces new ways of assisting students with research design. as a tool in research project supervision. I also discuss how to instruct students to include ChatGPT in their research methodology when using the tool to refine research questions.

Ethics 110

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Languages 110

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged. The overarching result that emerged from my personal experimentation and research was determining a framework of six categories to cultivate a student’s attention.

Attention 122

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged. The overarching result that emerged from my personal experimentation and research was determining a framework of six categories to cultivate a student’s attention.

Attention 111

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Keywords: Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, Student Learning Introduction Staring out to the sea of questioning faces, I paused and asked the question again still no response from the 22 students staring back at me. My students seemed to either not understand my question or have difficulty with the content.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I broke that mold on the day that a substitute lecturer addressed my Ph.D. I was in the first year of the top doctorate program in my field, and we were 20 educators-in-training being taught best practices of various communication research methods by supposed leading experts. Wait, what? I spoke up. or “Why is that important?”

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