"Strategies to Prevent Visual Split-Attention with Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing"
"Spilt attention is an issue in the classroom because it overloads a student's working memory," said presenter Dr. Susan Mather, a professor in the Linguistics Department at Gallaudet University. "In the webinar, I will present how by incorporating some visually based learning strategies can go a long way towards eliminating traditionally low levels of academic achievements for deaf and hard of hearing students."
As a result of visual split-attention, the students will experience either high levels of cognitive load or cognitive overload, adversely affecting their classroom performance. However, recent research shows that there are strategies that teachers can use to reduce the effect of split-attention. This webinar will cover the following topics:
- Differences between auditory-oriented classrooms and visually oriented classrooms
- Impact of visual split-attention on cognitive overload and working memory
- Shifting attention between visual fields in the classroom
- Strategies to reduce the effect of split-attention in various types of classroom situations
