ATTENTION

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GABRIELA MEJIA
Introduce yourself and tell us
about one of your hobbies
What’s the link between
attention and learning?
 LEARNING ATTENTION

Learning is the Attention is the

process of process of
memorization, prioritizing and
integration and applying
application of new information and
information and
concepts.
concepts.
 The kind of cue
depends on the
Select a “cue”
preferences of each
for getting
teacher. This could be
students’
a verbal cue, for
attention.
example a phrase:
“Pay attention now”
 Do not begin
until all students Remove
are paying distractions
attention.
 Open With
Interesting
Facts/Fiction, Or
Throw A
Challenge
 Don’t just tell them
Be the facts of the
expressive! lesson. If you get
into the story, they
will too! And they’ll
learn more from it as
well.
 Move Don’t stay in one spot up
front. Act out (a little) part
around of the lesson.
 Use Humor is known to get people
comfortable and build a
Humor positive learning
environment. Preferably use
it at the start or end and
avoid using it when
emphasizing on a key point.
 The brain is visual, and visuals
Incorporate are processed 60,000 times
Video faster in the brain than text
 Kids get the wiggles
Make it
physical
 Practice Paying attention is something
attentive that is learned.
behavior.

A short 'entertainment' break is likely to prove

popular with students and thereby improve
motivation.