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Student attention span
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Have you ever been told that to keep students engaged you should chunk lectures into ten minute segments? Neil Bradbury, a Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral studies at the Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine, investigated the origins of this recommendation. In this episode, Neil joins us to discuss his review of the research on student attention spans.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Released:
Feb 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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