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Attention Gaining Strategies

This poster focuses on teachers use of attention gaining strategies in the classroom and how students on task behavior and participation affect the teachers choice of strategies. Attention gaining strategies are well-known tools in education, but many teachers do not know how to use these strategies most effectively. The focus of this poster relates to which attention gaining strategies work best. It discusses the benefits of keeping strategies positive, what strategies work best for students with special needs, how strategies affect classroom management and the differences between verbal and non-verbal strategies.