The Student Engagement Trap, and How to Avoid It

Researchers call these attention-grabbing, interesting, and irrelevant pieces of information seductive details. They can be words, illustrations, photographs, animations, narrations, videos, or sounds. An analysis of nearly 70 learning outcomes found that on average, students who were exposed to seductive details performed worse than students who learned without them. Though the jury is still out on why seductive details tend to decrease learning, there are four likely reasons:
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