 AndreaJoRush says: And I thought I must have ADD (I probably do) because I could not pay attention in graduate math classes for more than about 45 minutes. It seems like I was doing a lot better than I thought! This adds to many studies. The Open University in UK 30 years ago pioneered study skill methods that were disseminated throughout the educational system, and study blocks of 40 minutes maximum followed by a break were recommended. The brain needs time to assimilate new information. On concentration, too much is bad. For instance a good reader skips over chunks of text, a poor reader focuses on every word. Personally I have known for years that I need background distractions to help me concentrate, maybe the telly or sitting in a rush hour station reading! May be it's a matter of keeping the information sessions, or activities with a tag that can be recalled after a break. It did occur to me that playwrights could tell this because they were interested in the behavior of Auduences, and so they took it as written, and divided plays up into acts. They continue the principle with modern media, but the incidence of advertising has muddied the water Probably one of the worst examples (Hypothetically.) is someone who is so busy with a subject of which they are fond can both forget the time, and fail to realize they've lost their audience. Being able to retrieve an audience can be made easier if you can work out where they were lost, and whether they... I like this line... The phenomenon is such that the more you look, the less you see When I was studying for CSEs my geology teacher advised the class that when revising one should read for 20 mins, then take a 10 minute break. This should be repeated for one and a half hours, then take a half hour break. The breaks do not need to entail doing nothing or drinking coffee, they can even involve reading about a completely different subject or doing a chore, as it is true that "a change is as good as a rest". This strategy has always worked well for me. What were we saying? How about 2 or 3 minutes. |
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