Timeline for Is impracticality of Short Classes Tested Or It Is Just A Common Belief?
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| Aug 24, 2017 at 19:49 | history | edited | user2521204 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2017 at 6:53 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | @DanielR.Collins Right, it is a book which seems to be aimed at how to structure health care teams. Hardly the best source for a claim like this. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 5:20 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @DanielRCollins: That would mean anything lasting longer than some 20 minutes (writing an essay, watching a movie, being attentive to traffic whole driving, ...) cannot be done by most people, or at least not without an interruption. Highly doubtful. At the very least, varying levels of required attention over time seems to prolong the time during which one can keep doing "one thing". | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 3:06 | comment | added | user2521204 | @JeffE It is a book and I just italicized the title. | |
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| Aug 17, 2017 at 21:39 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | @TobiasKildetoft: Wikipedia always has footnotes that one can follow up on if they wish. This particular claim (footnote 1) is sourced to Cornish, David; Dukette, Dianne (2009). The Essential 20: Twenty Components of an Excellent Health Care Team. Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 21:00 | answer | added | Darrin Thomas | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 17:17 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | @DanielR.Collins The citation for that claim on wikipedia seems somewhat doubtful. The figure also goes against most of my experience with university students (and even more so faculty), but then again, those will probably be a sample with a better than average attention span. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 13:50 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | @TobiasKildetoft: "most healthy teenagers and adults are unable to sustain attention on one thing for more than about 20 minutes at a time" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span). I agree that the 20 minute figure is something I've seen reported time and time again (and I've structured all my lectures around that understanding). | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 13:17 | comment | added | user2521204 | @DirkLiebhold, I think you are very fortunate. Most of the undergraduate and graduate classes I have taken at US universities continue without any break for an hour and a half. Also, it is noteworthy to mention that taking a break in the literature means providing a space for students to free their mind from the content being thought and return to the context after the break. One of the techniques that is commonly suggested for this purpose is discussed at caps.ucsd.edu/Downloads/tx_forms/koch/pomodoro_handouts/… | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 13:17 | comment | added | Jon Custer | I will point out the quotation marks around 'know' in your quote. The direct implication of those marks is that, in fact, we do not know this well at all. Further, it likely is very dependent on the individual student. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 13:11 | comment | added | user2521204 | Thank you for your comments. In order to make it clear, I have added a direct quote from Kinchin, 2016 to my original question. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 13:05 | history | edited | user2521204 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2017 at 11:46 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | Could you point to a source that makes the claim about students losing focus after 20 minutes? Because that sounds like an awfully short attention span. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 11:34 | comment | added | Dirk | I have hardly ever had a lecture there where was no break at all in an hour or even more. While the time table stated 90min, there were multiple small breaks, e.g. when the professor wiped the boards, prepared something for a demonstration, etc. So regarding your question: Having breaks of 2-3min is completely practical and also rather common from what I know. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 11:33 | comment | added | Coder | I think the present form of the question is 'too broad' to expect a personally opinionated answer. Could you point to any specific problem that you (have) faced during your lecturing? | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 11:11 | history | asked | user2521204 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |