Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do about It Lang James M.
Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do about It Lang James M. Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions--which is why a renowned educator created…
Specifikacia Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do about It Lang James M.
Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do about It Lang James M.
Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions--which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems.Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? The logical response is to ban electronics in class.But acclaimed educator James M. Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus.
Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. Lang argues that this solution obscures a deeper problem: how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information.In Distracted, Lang rethinks the practice of teaching, revealing how educators can structure their