ou should be aware of your attention span, the length of time you usually are ab

ou should be aware of your attention span, the length of time you usually are able to sustain attention to a task, as you prepare for reading assignments. To get an idea of the length of your current attention span for reading, perform this exercise over the next few days.
Choose one of the textbooks that you’ve been assigned to read this semester.
Start reading a chapter, without any preparation, noting in the chart below the time that you start reading.
As soon as your mind begins to wander and think about other subjects, stop reading and note the time on the chart below.
Using the same textbook, repeat this process four more times over the course of a few days, entering the data on the chart below.
To find your reading attention span, calculate the average number of minutes across the five trials.
Trial #1
Starting time:_________
Ending time:_________
 
Number of minutes between start and end times:___________________
Trial #2
Starting time:_________
Ending time:_________
 
Number of minutes between start and end times:___________________
Trial #3
Starting time:_________
Ending time:_________
 
Number of minutes between start and end times:___________________
Trial #4
Starting time:_________
Ending time:_________
 
Number of minutes between start and end times:___________________
Trial #5
Starting time:_________
Ending time:_________
 
Number of minutes between start and end times:___________________
Reading attention span (the average of the length of time on each trial, found by subtracting the ending time from the starting time on each trial, adding the times together, and dividing by 5) = _____________ minutes.
Ask yourself these questions about your reading attention span:
1 Are you surprised by the length of your reading attention span? In what way?
2 Does any number in the set of trials stand out from the other numbers? For instance, is any number much higher or lower than the average? If so, can you account for this? For example, what time of day was it?
3 Do the numbers in your trials show any trend? For instance, did your attention span tend to increase slightly over the course of the trials, did it decrease, or did it stay about the same? Can you explain any trend you may have noted?
4 Do you think your attention span times would be very different if you had chosen a different textbook? Why or why not?
5What things might you do to improve your attention span?
question 1-5 must be 3 sentences. no quote in own words.