Inattentive students
I do find that they younger learners in my classes are the ones that are the "inattentive" students.
I've found also, that older learners may have challenges, (hearing, eyesight, learning difficulties)that impede their progress, and can appear as inattentive.
Younger students are not, inattentive students can become the left behind students. So, it is up to me to develop my class structure based upon that.
Younger students do tend to stay in "High School Mode" and don't want to accept that adult education is more demanding of their time and attention.
That is absolutely true about the younger learners being the innatentive ones what I try to do is involve them in the lecture more because I think that it makes them feel better about themselves when their opinion counts
Depending on the classroom structure, I have found that walking around the room during lecture or discussion and placing myself adjacent to the inattentive student is helpful.
I find that younger students are primarily distracted by such things as computers, cell phones, etc. I make it a general rule that you can not bring laptops to class for note taking, because generally the students end up on facebook, checking emails, etc. Cellphones must be on silent and if students have kids or family emergencies they may step out of class to take a call. Once I see that students are distracted I walk by them or stand by them..
Melissa Mccloud
