A. action B. but C. distracted D. absurd E. analogies F. pull G. copy H. authors I. concentrated J. appeared K. lively L. wrong M. serious N. negative O. data There is a belief among many educators that student attention peaks during the first 15 minutes of classroom instruction—a(n) 1 idea, according to a recent study completed at Kennesaw State University. According to the study, one 2 that can impact whether students maintain their focus during the lecture is dependent on where they sit in the classroom. The study's 3 "noticed that students in the front and middle of the classroom" stayed on task, while students who sat in the back of the classroom were more 4. Professors face many issues to compete for their students' attentions in the classroom—texting, social media, and in-class casual talk among students, to name a few— 5 there are steps educators can take to refocus the class during a lecture, the study's authors note. "When the professor became very 6, drew something on the board, injected humor or if he was using 7 that were not listed in the power point slides then the students tended to watch him," the authors write. According to the study, students also 8 to pay more attention when the professor went over answers from a quiz, introduced a new slide or information, or shared videos with the classroom. But one move that many professors make, which may be popular among students, could have a(n) 9 impact on in-class focus: offering notes from the lecture before the start of class. "If students printed out notes available to them before lecture... they seemed to pay less attention to the board," the study's authors write, "and tended to get off task more quickly than those students who had to 10 everything down."