Examining Teachers’ Strategies for Capturing Students’ Attention and Interest to Enhance Classroom Teaching Practices

Abstract

The current inquiry's major purpose was to investigate how teachers followed to draw students' attention and interest to foster practice and improve students' learning in the classroom. The impact of gender, qualification, experience and stages of teaching variables on drawing students' attention was also examined. The study subjects were one hundred and four teachers who responded to the questionnaire. The teachers' ways of getting students' attention and interest depend upon innovative instructional methods and technology, reinforcement, and teaching aids. It was found that there was a difference in students' level of attention to lesson content according to gender variable in favour of male teachers, according to qualification supporting diploma holders, according to experience for teachers who had more than ten years of experience and according to the stage of teaching in favour of elementary stage. Considering the study findings, it is recommended that some professional training courses and workshops for teachers to enrich their experiences by drawing students' attention in class should be arranged to improve their practice.