Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It

<p>Dr. James Lang has six recommendations in this podcast about how we can better understand student attention and how we can get their attention while we teach - even when teaching online. This important topic will help all of us become better teachers in challenging times.</p> <p>Check out the show notes and links at <a href= "https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e724">www.coolcatteacher.com/e724</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses</strong>. Choose from over 280 online graduate-level PD courses in 20 subject areas that are self-paced with up to six months to complete. Go to</span> <a href= "https://www.advancementcourses.com/coolcat"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">advancementcourses.com/coolcat</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and <strong>save 20% off each course</strong> by using the code <strong>COOL20</strong>. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours. You can also receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners for continuing education requirements. Never stop learning!</span></p> <h2><strong>Dr. James Lang - Bio as Submitted</strong></h2> <p>James M. Lang is a Professor of English and the Director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College in Worcester, MA. He is the author of six books, the most recent of which are <a href="https://amzn.to/3qOCSWA">Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It</a> (Basic Books, 2020),  <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SD7FJZ7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0"> Small Teaching Online: Applying Science in Online Classes</a> (2019) <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZRtc1n">Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning</a> (Jossey-Bass, 2016), and <a href="https://amzn.to/3qR7p67">Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty</a> (Harvard University Press, 2013). Lang writes a monthly column on teaching and learning for <a href= "https://www.chronicle.com/author/james-m-lang">The Chronicl