I really enjoyed this article, I am all about having students find something they are interested in and developing on that subject. It is great to expose students to many different things, but it's also important to help them find things they are interested in so they can learn more. For instance many journal writing topics focus on emotions "how do you feel about this?" "what do you think of that?" these are topics typically girls do a better job zoning in on. Boys however need topics like "what are the rules to playing this game?" or "how would you build a fort?" Boys would take more of an interest in writing if they had more topics they enjoyed writing about. The author discusses not just capturing students' attention but then being able to hold the students attention for prolonged periods of time.
Paul, A. M. (2013, November 4). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/how-the-power-of-interest-drives-learning/
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