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Divided Attention

In an age of classroom multitasking, scholars probe the nature of learning and memory

By David Glenn February 28, 2010
Scholars Turn Their Attention to Attention 1
Alex Williamson for The Chronicle Review

Imagine that driving across town, you’ve fallen into a reverie, meditating on lost loves or calculating your next tax payments. You’re so distracted that you rear-end the car in front of you at 10 miles an hour. You probably think: Damn. My fault. My mind just wasn’t there.

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David Glenn
David Glenn joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2002. His work explored how faculty members are trained, encouraged, and evaluated as teachers; how college courses and curricula are developed; and the institutional incentives that sometimes discourage faculty members from investing their energy in teaching.

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