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Distracted
FromTea for Teaching
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36 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
It is easy to become distracted when materials or experiences seem irrelevant, unobtainable, or uninteresting. In this episode, James Lang joins us to explore strategies to build and strengthen student attention to improve learning outcomes. James is a professor of English and the Director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption University and is also the editor of the West Virginia University Press series,Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and the author of numerous articles and books on teaching and learning, including Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning and Teaching and Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It.
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:
Oct 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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