Hi Shiketheia,
I constantly ask my sudents, do you understand, is everyone with me, are there any questions, to keep them alert.
Patricia
Hi Kristy,
I like to capture students attention by mentioning their potential income once they start their new career. I also like to get everyone involved in the lesson by asking questions and/or opinions.
Patricia
Hi Gerardo,
Involving students in the lesson by asking questions/opinions is a great way to keep students focused.
Patricia
Some ways to capture attention of inattentive students is to do activitites that involve both individual and group participation. This way the inattentive student will have to participate with their group or alone.
Give a powerpoint presentation.
at any given time, ask students, not just the unattentive, to give an opinion on what was just presented
You need to make of your prsentation first I think, I place myself in the shoes of the student. You have to be motivated for one to capture their attention.
For different approaches you can randomly pick students or call them up to the white board. Anything to keep them on their toes at all times.
I incorporate "did you know's" in my powerpoints. The "did you know's" are just random fun facts in the middle of a lecture to get them away from a topic and break it up a little for them.
One way to capture their attention is to call on them by asking them do they understand what is being lectured or discussed.
Try to involve them in class discussions. Let them know their ideas are important.
My students are in a clinical externship with a class at end of day. Worse time to reclaim attention. On day 1, I get them to share their individual goals, job demands, transportation issues and family demands; then I use these in 1:1 conferences to remotivate them and get them back on their personal track and reasons for being there.
My situation is a clinical externship with class at end of day. Worse time to capture, but I solicit individual goals, job demands transportation,and family demands day 1 and use these in 1:1 conferences to re-motivate and get them back on their personal track.
I announce the objectives for the week at the beginning of each lecture. The purpose is to remind the students what they should be learning, not just how to pass the tests. I provide and ask for real world examples that apply the concepts from each lecture.
Hi Laura,
Students need to be exposed to real world examples in the classroom before entering the workplace so that they will know what is expected of them when they do enter the workplace.
Patricia
Hi Sylinda,
Students knowing that they can earn participation points sparks their attention. At my institution, we have a standard 5% built into all syllabi for participation points.
Patricia
I try to call on those that I can see are not paying attention. I guess I picked that up from my college instructors.
I always remind my students of earning participation points. They have to be actively engaged in class if they want to earn these points.
I announce the objectives for the week at the beginning of each lecture. The purpose is to remind the students what they should be learning, not just how to pass the tests. I provide and ask for real world examples that apply the concepts from each lecture.
I try to keep my lesson plans fun and exciting. I share personal expirence and ask for feed back. I also incorporate a lot of hands on assignments to keep them active.
A good way to capture the attention of an inattentive student is to make parts of the lecture quizzes. This forces the students to pay attention during class so they won't appear inadequate during pop quiz recap time.
Hi Stephanie,
Students get bored easily. Adding variety in every capacity is a good way to keep students interested and excited.
Patricia
