Factors affecting students' attention

Arousal: gneral level of activity
motivation: energy directed toward a specific kind of activity or goal.

The effects of Arousal

Factors affecting student arousal

• Variations in stimulation in the learning situation
• Auditory Stimulation
• Visual Stimulation
• Posture
• Novel Stimulation
• Intensity of Stimulation
• The students' arousal regimes during periods of teaching
• Attention Decrement: The decrement in the note taking will reduce knowledge in the long run.
• The effect of a short break
• The students' daily work and rest regimes 
• Students are generally more attentive early morning than late in the evening
• They are more attentive early in the week then late in the week.
• The students' physical environment and bodily condition