Attention

All teachers want students to “pay attention”; without
attention, students just can’t learn. And yet, research clearly demonstrates that attention is not one mental process. Instead, attention itself results from three other mental processes. By emphasizing the three sources of attention – not attention itself – teachers can create systems and classrooms that help students focus, think, concentrate, and learn.
 

Teachers will learn:

  • How “alertness,” “orienting,” and “executive attention” work together to create “attention”

  • Strategies to cultivate all three of these cognitive processes

  • Approaches to applying these ideas in the classroom