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239: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Multitasking in School

Multitasking isn't great for our brains, it compromises our mental health, and ultimately it doesn't even work, but that doesn't stop many of us from trying to do it all the time. What we may not realize is that it also sneaks into our classrooms and interferes with learning, and it's happening in ways you may not even notice. In today's episode, I'm talking with cognitive scientist Megan Sumeracki about the pitfalls multitasking creates in schools, and what we can do to avoid them. -------------------------------------------- Thanks to The Gilder Lehrman Institute and Alpaca for sponsoring this episode. For a full transcript of this episode, visit cultofpedagogy.com/pod and choose episode 239.

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  261: How and Why to Use Concept Maps

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  260: Seven Teaching Practices that Nurture Student Voice

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  259: Making Project-Based Learning Accessible for Everyone

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  EduTip 33: Answer more questions with questions.

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  258: The Power of Centering Student Exemplars

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  257: Bringing Joy into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad

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  256: Community Supplies in the Classroom: Clearing Up the Confusion

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  255: Before You Decorate Your Classroom, Here's a Better Idea

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  254: Dusting Off an Old Practice to Make Reading Fun Again

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  EduTip 32: Don't put kids in Charlie Bucket situations.

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  253: Fully Seen and Fully Known: Teaching that Affirms Disability

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  EduTip 31: Be the first dork.

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