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Now you see it : how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn / Cathy N. Davidson.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011Description: viii, 342 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780670022823
  • 0670022829
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.733 23
  • 153.733 22
LOC classification:
  • BF321
Contents:
I'll count : you take care of the gorilla -- Distraction and difference : the keys to attention and the changing brain. Learning from the distraction experts ; Learning ourselves -- The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover ; How we measure ; The epic win -- Work in the future. The changing workplace ; The changing worker -- The brain you change yourself. You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies : a checklist.
Summary: Documents a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education.
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Book Högskolan Väst Entréplan / Entrance floor 153 Davidson Available 6004300025572
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I'll count : you take care of the gorilla -- Distraction and difference : the keys to attention and the changing brain. Learning from the distraction experts ; Learning ourselves -- The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover ; How we measure ; The epic win -- Work in the future. The changing workplace ; The changing worker -- The brain you change yourself. You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies : a checklist.

Documents a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education.

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