Attention Span and 15th Oct
CERTIFICATE IN Human Resource PRACTICE (CHRP)
The Chartered Institute
Of
Personnel and Development
Unit Title: 3DLA
BEN BARNES
‘841222MBBA00’
(1.1) When researching factors that contribute to the educational process I found this to be made up of 4 categories, the learner, the teacher, the subject matter and the instruction method. Of these 4 I focused on two Individual and 2 environmental factors.
Individual – Motivation
Of all of the factors that can affect how people learn I believe that motivation is one of the most important. “Motivation is something that energises, directs, and sustains behaviour; it gets students moving, points them in a particular direction, and keeps them going” J.E. Ormrod . (2010). How Motivation Affects Learning and Behavior . Available: http://www.education.com/reference/article/motivation-affects-learning-behavior/ Last accessed 14th Oct 2013. Someone who is motivated to learn a particular task or bit of information generally succeeds, even if they have to work long and hard to do so. Learning generally breaks down as the level of interest declines.
Individual - Attention Spans
Attention spans vary among both children and adults. Some people simply prefer to be on the go and have difficulty completing a lesson or task for any length of time. Since the most popular method of teaching requires students to listen and read, often while sitting still, students who have a short attention span might have difficulty learning.
Enviromental - Distractions
Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Students learn far quicker when there is a lack of interruption. This many include people moving around, talking, and equipment not working. Students distracted during learning take less in, leading to shortened attention spans and topics being covered multiple times. According to Gloria Mark, a leader in interruption science, “The average
The Chartered Institute
Of
Personnel and Development
Unit Title: 3DLA
BEN BARNES
‘841222MBBA00’
(1.1) When researching factors that contribute to the educational process I found this to be made up of 4 categories, the learner, the teacher, the subject matter and the instruction method. Of these 4 I focused on two Individual and 2 environmental factors.
Individual – Motivation
Of all of the factors that can affect how people learn I believe that motivation is one of the most important. “Motivation is something that energises, directs, and sustains behaviour; it gets students moving, points them in a particular direction, and keeps them going” J.E. Ormrod . (2010). How Motivation Affects Learning and Behavior . Available: http://www.education.com/reference/article/motivation-affects-learning-behavior/ Last accessed 14th Oct 2013. Someone who is motivated to learn a particular task or bit of information generally succeeds, even if they have to work long and hard to do so. Learning generally breaks down as the level of interest declines.
Individual - Attention Spans
Attention spans vary among both children and adults. Some people simply prefer to be on the go and have difficulty completing a lesson or task for any length of time. Since the most popular method of teaching requires students to listen and read, often while sitting still, students who have a short attention span might have difficulty learning.
Enviromental - Distractions
Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Students learn far quicker when there is a lack of interruption. This many include people moving around, talking, and equipment not working. Students distracted during learning take less in, leading to shortened attention spans and topics being covered multiple times. According to Gloria Mark, a leader in interruption science, “The average