Thursday, October 23, 2008

Teacher Tips: How to Keep Student Attention

Many times teachers find it a struggle to keep students paying attention in the classroom. You may have been teaching in forty-five minute periods for years, and then suddenly your school has switched to block scheduling of ninety minute periods. How can you keep students' attention? How can you prevent them from falling asleep during your lectures? Here are some helpful tips:

Strong Presence

Students will surely doze off if you aren't able to speak loudly, clearly and with a bit of personality. Avoid speaking in monotone and try to make your lectures lively. Students will be more apt to pay attention to a teacher who smiles and establishes good rapport, than one who scowls and uses fear tactics to keep students in line.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

thats true, even my English teacher also does that so.