{"id":4039,"date":"2011-12-07T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:27:37","slug":"improving-attention-and-concentration-in-students-with-a-distraction-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/improving-attention-and-concentration-in-students-with-a-distraction-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Attention and Concentration in Students with a Distraction Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1207distractions.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4040\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;margin: 5px 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1207distractions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1207distractions.png 250w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1207distractions-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It is a known fact that an average human being cannot stay attentive for more than 30 minutes, or 45 minutes at the most. This beckons the need to develop strategies that could help in improving attention and concentration of students in your classroom. One such strategy is to use distractions.<\/p>\n<p>Distractions aid in learning skills development because they tax the brain\u2019s capacity to sort and evaluate the relative importance of incoming information, involving thousands of value judgments and assignments each day. The brain\u2019s ability to correctly handle distracting information and interruptions is the foundation for focus and good attention skills.<\/p>\n<p>To develop the power of filtering out unwanted or unneeded input, well-designed skills training should incorporate deliberate distractions as a training tool. As procedures advance, distractions should be a carefully added element. A student\u2019s ability to keep attention focused on a task, without surrounding activities or distractions becoming a limitation on progress, is important for working efficiently and productively. Improving attention and concentration is important in every one of life\u2019s pursuits \u2014 in the classroom, at work, in recreation, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>How are you able to hold the attention of students in your classroom?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/cognitive-skills-understanding-learning-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cognitive Skills &#8211; Understanding Learning Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  It is a known fact that an average human being cannot stay attentive for more than 30 minutes, or 45 minutes at the most. This beckons the need to develop strategies that could help in improving attention and concentration of students in your classroom. One such strategy is to use distractions.<br \/>\nDistractions aid in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[296,196,401,400,202,226,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24774,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/24774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}