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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.

Davidson, Cathy N., 1949- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780670022823
ISBN: 0670022829
Physical Description: viii, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.