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Sparking Interest, Reducing Learning? The Hidden Drawback of Fun Facts and Other "Seductive Details"
Download full textSundar, Kripa – American Educator, 2020
This article describes "seductive details" as attention-grabbing, irrelevant pieces of information. They can be words, illustrations, photographs, animations, narrations, videos, or sounds. Studying the effects of seductive details is a growing area of research--but it is far enough along to merit teachers' interest: there are over 20…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Attention, Attention Control, Student Interests
Peer reviewedBinder, Carl; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Precision teaching techniques can be used to chart students' attention span or endurance. Individual differences in attention span can then be better understood and dealt with effectively. The effects of performance duration on performance level, on error rates, and on learning rates are discussed. Implications for classroom practice are noted.…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
