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The Distracted Classroom - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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distraction classroom management teaching

shared by Ryan Archer on 26 Apr 17 - No Cached
  • Distraction occurs, the authors argue, when we are pursuing a goal that really matters and something blocks our efforts to achieve it.
  • They argue that distraction actually arises from a conflict between two fundamental features of our brain: our ability to create and plan high-level goals versus our ability to control our minds and our environment as we take steps to complete those goals.
  • cognitive control abilities
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  • Our cognitive control is really quite limited: We have a restricted ability to distribute, divide, and sustain attention; actively hold detailed information in mind; and concurrently manage or even rapidly switch between competing goals."
  • while older adults can fully retain their ability to focus their attention, their capacity to block out irrelevant distractions diminishes with age.
  • That’s one reason why older adults may have more trouble concentrating on a conversation in a crowded restaurant than younger people.
  • What goal had I established for Kate’s learning that day? How had I created an environment that supported her ability to achieve that goal? And perhaps most important — assuming that the class had a learning goal that mattered for her — did she know about it?
  • The more powerful the goals we establish for ourselves, and the more we feel ownership over those goals, the more we are able to pursue them in the face of both internal and external distractions.
  • Most of us can shut out distractions when we are pursuing something that really matters to us.
  • Who creates them? How much do they matter? And how well do students understand them?
Ryan Archer

What Checking Email All The Time Does To Your Brain - Business Insider - 2 views

www.businessinsider.com/time-does-to-your-brain-2014-7

GTD brain email

shared by Ryan Archer on 26 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Ryan Archer on 26 Oct 15
     
    Schedule times to look at your email and find ways to clear the clutter. Your brain will thank you for it and you will be much more efficient.
Ryan Archer

Educational Leadership:Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback - 3 views

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feedback assessment Wiggins formative

shared by Ryan Archer on 17 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Ryan Archer on 19 Oct 15
     
    Worth checking out. Worth buying the journal.
Ryan Archer

Noble Blogger Guidelines: How to Cite Pictures | Writtent Blog - 1 views

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copyright blog cite

shared by Ryan Archer on 19 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • The first tool to use is TinEye, which comes into play when you need to find out the origins of the image and the availability of versions with higher resolution. TinEye will tell you who owns the image, where it comes from and who can use it. You can either upload the image or use its URL.
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