what is the average attention span of school age students?
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I'm in college and... I'm sorry, what was your question?
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If a child is not quite ready for a structured classroom setting they will be held back. A child that has less than a 20 min. attention span is sometimes held back, alot of it depends on the teacher. I have found teacher's that expect a 3-4 year old to sit still in their seats and quiet for 30 mins. at a time and that is not normal for a 3-4 year old. A preschool teacher needs to have something different going on about every fifteen mins. When I was teaching preschool my 3 year olds could write their names after the first month of school, count to 20, and memorize the poem of the week by Wednesday. My 4 year old students were taking simple spelling and math(adding and subtracting # 1-20 with no barrowing) by Christmas break. I taught a small class that can also be the key to good learning. My class was never over 14 students. Hope this helps !!
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i'm 17 and homeschooled, somy usual bedtime is around 12-2, depending on what I have todo the next day.
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wouldn't that depend upon the # of words on that page, the point in which they're printed, and the comlexity of said words??\n\nhow about asking the number of words correct per minute that an average adult (or whatever) can read?\n\n1st grade = 30-50 wcpm\n2nd grade = 80-100 wcpm\n\net cetera.
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To my mind, your attention span is directly connected to how much you are interested in what you are doing. If you are bored, or not interested, attention falters, and concentration goes out the window, you fall asleep and your attention span isn't even in the running! Seriously, when I began studying here at the house about all the great things computers can do, I found I was able to remember all kinds of stuff I could never remember when I was fixing VCRs and stuff. So, if you want to definitely increase your attention span, almost overnight, find and completely tune into something which absolutely holds your attention. Something you love to learn about, and go for it with everything you have in you. You will soon find you can know and remember stuff that will just astound you! Sent with all hopes for your success from - G. in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
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Six hours is too much. One or two hours reviewing the days lessons, and previewing the next days is enough.  Too much can cause mental shut down.\nYes, I think that the US are getting relaxed in their education requirements.  I work at a community college and the young people coming to us from High School, are not even prepared for entry level English, math or reading.  It's very sad.  Even the children who were in so-called *advanced* classes.  Our community college system is talking about reducing the requirements for entry.  I'm sorry, but I think that we should stick to them, or increase them, and challenge the schools to do better.
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There is no answer to your trick question.  Some students can study for 1 hour, others for 24 hours.  Those that have "it", get "it".  Those that don't, just read a lot.\n\nHow many hours should a blind person stare at book in order for them to learn to read?
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It is estimated that between 3 and 5 percent of children have ADHD, or approximately 2 million children in the United States. This means that in a classroom of 25 to 30 children, it is likely that at least one will have ADHD. \n\nSource: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) \n\nAttention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD / ADHD) is a condition characterized by poor self-regulation. The person with ADD has difficulty inhibiting their spontaneous responses. According to Gabor Mate “The hallmark of ADD is an automatic, unwilled "tuning out," a frustrating non-presence of mind. People suddenly find that they have heard nothing of what they have been listening to, saw nothing of what they were looking at, remember nothing of what they were trying to concentrate on. One misses information and directions, misplaces things, and struggles to stay abreast of conversations. Tuning out creates practical hardships, and it also interferes with one’s enjoyment of life” \n\nWhat are the signs and symptoms of ADD or ADHD? \nADD / ADHD varies significantly among individuals; children with ADD / ADHD don’t all have the same problems. Some may be hyperactive. Others may be under-active. Some may have great problems with attention. Others may be mildly inattentive but overly impulsive. Still others may have significant problems in all three areas (attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity). The three subtypes of ADD / ADHD are: \n\nPredominantly inattentive type \nPredominantly hyperactive-impulsive type \nCombined type (inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity) \nFrom time to time, practically every person can be a bit absent-minded, restless, fidgety, or impulsive. With ADD / ADHD, these behaviors occur far more often and therefore are the rule and not the exception. \n\nSymptoms of inattention \n\nPeople with inattentive symptoms of ADD have difficulty keeping their mind on any one thing. They may get bored easily with a task and bounce to the next task, and the next task after that. Organizing and completing a task is difficult. They may however give undivided and effortless attention to activities and topics they enjoy. People with ADD often have difficulty learning something new. \n\nSome symptoms of inattention are \n\nignores details; makes careless mistakes \ndifficulty sustaining attention or listening when directly addressed \ndifficulty following instructions or finishing tasks \nappears forgetful, disorganized, distracted \n\nSymptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity \n\nPeople with hyperactive or impulsive symptoms of ADHD seem to be always in motion. Sitting still can be very difficult. They may dash around, squirm in their seats, roam around the room or talk incessantly. They may try to do several things at once, bouncing around from one activity to the next. \n\nSome symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity are \n\nfidgety, squirmy \ndifficulty staying seated \nin constant motion, often running or climbing inappropriately \nphysical restlessness; difficulty with quiet, sedentary activities \nexcessive talking; blurts out answers before questions are completed \ndifficulty waiting; interrupts or intrudes on others \nBecause hyperactivity and inattention are expected behaviors at some ages in childhood, it is the impulsive behaviors that often stand out in very young children with ADD / ADHD. By age four or five, though, most children have become more selectively attentive and less active, so those with ADD / ADHD stand out in all three behaviors: inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. \n\nHow are working memory and executive functioning related to ADD / ADHD? \nThose who have ADD / ADHD tend to be low on “working memory”: the ability to hold information in memory that must be used to make decisions and to guide behavior. Working memory and executive functioning are closely tied. Executive functioning includes the abilities to plan, prioritize, organize, persist, multi-task, move toward a goal, delay
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I agree with GSI6111, 18 may be close to the average. Lots of young kids on here! (not that there's anything wrong with that, just lots of questions about 'boys'...)
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We have a poverty of imagination and vocabulary. In the 1960s, an average High School senior had a vocabulary of 25,000 words. In the 1990s, it was down to 10,000 -- a striking 60% decrease in just 30 years! No one knows why our vocabulary and language skills are diminishing, it's anyone's guess. Anything on TV?
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My daugher did a class project of comparing the life of students at the 6th grade in Japan and in her class. She learned that students in Japan stay longer in class and they play less.  \n\nI do think that American kids are more creative, just lack of focus on basic studies. How to improve the basic education for our kids, we need to think how to improve our school system. \n\nI think that we should extend school hours. Some schools are experiecing what Asian school have been doing for long long time. The benefit of extended school hours will be multifolds: 1) kids will have more structured learning time; 2) parents will not have to worry about hiring after-school care; 3) teachers will get higher pays.
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It depends, usually for elemantary schools is at least 1 hour a day at school and typically 1 hour at home.\nHigher education varies by school and area of expertise.
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Adolescents typically listen to 1.5 to 2.5 hours of music per day, which does not include the amount of time they are exposed to music through music videos.
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Do the "normal" children get less attention than the "special" ones?  I have 4 kids in school.  2 with no issues.  One with ADD and Dyslexia, and another that is just a slow starter.  The ones who have issues get wonderful amounts of attention and help.  Now I have not noticed any thing with my 2 that are good in school.  But  another parent in our area decided not to send her child to this elementary school, because a substitute teacher for our school told her that the "normal" ones are pretty much ignored.  I have thought a lot about this lately, and think it would be a pretty controversial thing to pursue, as we all of course want    the ones with special needs to get the attention they need, but at what cost?  How do you demand equal attention for the others without sounding callous?
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I would review my text books on the differences between the mental capacity of the two age groups.  For example, children of 5 to 6 years old tend to be more concrete in their thinking.  They have less ability to think in abstract ways and lesson plans should reflect these changes.\n\nI found a site that provides ideas of lesson plans for various age groups:\n\nhttp://www.edhelper.com/\n\nHere is a site that is a serach engine for Teachers, lesson plans and other data is available:\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanet.com/?fromgoogle=CbAG1phraselesson_plans&gclid=CN70k7v0j4QCFQe8SgodqlEZxA\n\nRemember that children are in the Pre-Operational Stage of thinking until about 7 years old which would include Second Grade.\n\nPre-operational Stage\n\n2-7 years At the age of 2 children have usually developed their ability to express themselves using language. This means that they have developed some form of Symbolic Representation. This is a key feature of this stage of development. Children do not only develop language as symbolic representation, they also develop other skills such as drawing, dance, modelling, number and music. Symbolic function develops through 4 stages:\n\n1. Deferred imitation\n\n2. Verbal evocation\n\n3. Symbolic or make believe play\n\n4. Symbolic drawings\n\nAt around 7 to 12 years of age, children DO start to think in more logical terms, so lesson plans should take into consideration the children who may be learning in either of these stages.\n\nConcrete Operations Stage — 7-12 years\n\nAgain, children make another leap as they begin to become less egocentric and start to understand and use new concepts. They can now classify things into categories, deal with numbers, take all aspects of a situation into account and understand reversibility. Children become much better at seeing the world from another person’s angle and this has implications for the development of moral behaviour. Children also develop CONSERVATION during this stage. This is the ability to understand how two equal quantities of the same matter remain equal despite changes in their appearance. Piaget tested for this using balls of clay. He rolled one ball of clay into a sausage and left the other as a ball. Children below the concrete operations stage would be unable to understand that the quantities remain equal, despite the change in appearance.\n\nChildren develop the ability to conserve the different dimensions at different times. At 6-7, they learn to conserve mass, or substance; at the age of 9-10 they can conserve weight; and by the age of 12, volume.\n\nMore Data Here:\n\nhttp://www.northern.ac.uk/NCMaterials/psychology/lifespan%20folder/Cognitivethinking.htm
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Yo, this completely depends on how loud it is, and how short or long your attention span is.  As for me, it helps out alot. peace.
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The adolescent attention span is generally short.  It is very wise to plan at least three different types of activities per class period.  For example, if you're teaching literature, you can start with a journal entry related to the day's reading.  Your second activity could be reading from the selection, and your third activity could be researching something in the passage or having students illustrate the selection, or make up questions about the selection, etc.