Punch Magazine
A series on distraction in the college classroom, and how to get and keep students’ attention.
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AdviceDistracted Minds: How to Fix Your Attention Shortage
It’s not just our students who have trouble paying attention. Sometimes academics and administrators need help focusing on our work, too. -
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Distracted Minds: Your Classroom Can Be a Retreat in Dark Times
Support and sustain your students’ attention, and you contribute not only to their learning but to their well-being, too. -
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Distracted Minds: Why You Should Teach Like a Poet
How to use “close reading” of a text, an object, or an idea to focus your students’ attention in class. -
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Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching
To help students stay attentive in class, think like a conductor, and recognize that students need you to change the pace and the action. -
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Distracted Minds: 3 Ways to Get Their Attention in Class
Want the attention of your students? The first and most important step is to pay closer attention to them. -
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Distracted Minds: Why Your Students Can’t Focus
Not only have we always been distracted; we have always been unhappy about it. Here’s Part 1 of a new series on distraction in the college classroom, and what to do about it.
