If You Want Students to Learn, Don’t Tell Them ‘Pay Attention!’ Try This Instead
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Teaching is nearly impossible to do when students aren’t paying attention, especially when there are distractions like smart phones, other students and hallway banter. It’s easy to get frustrated, but Andrew Watson wants to shift the blame away from students. “There’s no attention center in the brain,” said Watson who is a teacher and author […]