Having trouble focusing on your New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone – people are more distracted than ever, says Gloria Mark, professor emerita of informatics at UC Irvine. In fact, most people ...

Research suggests that reading on screens is a less effective way to absorb and retain information than reading the old-fashioned way, but why? And when so many of us are noticing shortening attention ...

We are regularly bombarded with information about a steep drop in attention spans. Based on its own data in 2015, Microsoft reported that the average attention span had dropped from about 12 seconds ...

Many of us are attempting to work from home, perhaps with kids jumping around. If you're struggling to concentrate, here are some tips: 1. Understand the evolved basis of why it's hard to concentrate ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...