Give Students a Break: Four Strategies to Combat Information Overload - The Digital Shift - 0 views
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less really is more.
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how choice overload impacts our ability to make productive decisions.
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there were 24 jams available for sampling, 20 percent more people stopped to sample than when only six jams were offered
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sampling is different from buying.
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four ways to fight choice overload.
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1) Cut.
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Evaluate the choices and pick one. Then spend time going deep into a single resource.
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selecting a resource is more meaningful when we teach about it at the point of need.
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2) Concretize.
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still make things concrete
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3) Categorize
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people felt they had more choices when presented with 400 options divided into 20 categories as opposed to 600 options spread across 10.
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Separate them
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4) Start simple
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smaller sets of options first
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quality over quantity
