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30 Effective Classroom Attention Getters with Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, Wallace, Vodanovich, and Restino (2003) discussed how boredom correlates with attention deficit and memory lapses, signaling a deeper issue than mere disinterest. 2010) linked boredom to attentional problems in class, while Maroldo (1986) noted its association with lower GPAs and a decreased motivation to learn.

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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

That way, you’ll have a handy sheet to refer to during the meeting and a take-home summary for parents. If it would be helpful, take a few notes during the meeting that you can reference later.[11]. Phi Delta Kappan, March 2003, 84(7), pp. Language & Communication, January 2010, 30(1), pp. Areas for improvement.

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This Neuroscientist Wants to Know Your Brain On Art—and How It Improves Learning

Edsurge

My first book was in 2003 (1*), and that book was all about connecting research with effective teaching. 3) "Summer slide" is a term that refers to when students fall behind where they were academically over the summer months. And how is this research informing how children learn and why should teachers be consumers this research. (1)

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). References Bennett, S., and Kervin, L. New York, NY: W. Bittanti, M.

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Undents, volvelles, and Didymus the Brazen-Gutted: notes on Ann M. Blair’s _Too Much to Know_

Bryan Alexander

Too Much To Know (Yale University Press, 2010) is about certain ways people in the early modern period coped with information overload, which seems at first glance to be a strange assertion, given the enormous amount of information we struggle with (or delight in) in our time. So how did people proceed? ” (186). ” (186).

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

I have included in the references a bibliography of all of the references used in my literature review (of which I have posted most of it over the last couple of months. This can further be linked to depth of knowledge being greater as it is internalized (Yaklief, 2010), as exhibit 2 illustrates.

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4 Keys to Student Success Online: Part 1

The Electric Educator

Vrasidas & Zembylas (2003 in Rice 2006) identified high quality materials and frequent teacher-student interaction as key components to student success. References: Rice, Kerry Lynn. "A The Sloan Consortium, January 2010. A Comprehensive Look at Distance Education in the K-12 context." 2006): 425-448. 29 Apr 2011.