This workshop will demonstrate how creating an ADD friendly classroom benefits students by increasing interest and engagement and how it benefits instructors by increasing flexibility and adaptability. Specifically, I will present a mini-lecture on the neuroscience of attention and memory as if it were a real class designed for non-science majors so that everyone can participate regardless of their academic background. I will use the lecture to demonstrate “ADD friendly” strategies and techniques that I have found to be extremely effective at increasing student participation and learning. Attendees will be treated as if they are real students in my classroom, complete with a quiz at the end and discussion. Bring a piece of paper and something to write with to the Zoom workshop.
Presenter: Gracie King, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
