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What Factors Influence Academic Performance?
1. What is the effect of noise distraction on test scores? Your hypothesis will probably read that noise distraction will have a negative influence on test scores. Give a group of students a test, such as an SAT practice test, during two sessions. During the first session, play distracting music or a language CD. Have the students take the same test under quiet conditions. Did students score better during one session than the other?
How do we Remember?
2. Does color enhance memory? Compose three lists of 12 words that are not used in daily conversation. On the first list, print the 12 words in black ink. On the second list of the same 12 words, print 11 in black ink and 1 in red ink. On the third list of the same 12 words, print 6 in black ink and 6 in red ink. Give three classes a different style of the same words on an overhead. Instruct the students to look at the lists of words for one minute each. At the end of one minute, remove the list of words and asked students to write down as many of the words as they remember. Collect the data and compute the results. Did students remember the red words better?
What Factors Influence Academic Performance?
1. What is the effect of noise distraction on test scores? Your hypothesis will probably read that noise distraction will have a negative influence on test scores. Give a group of students a test, such as an SAT practice test, during two sessions. During the first session, play distracting music or a language CD. Have the students take the same test under quiet conditions. Did students score better during one session than the other?
How do we Remember?
2. Does color enhance memory? Compose three lists of 12 words that are not used in daily conversation. On the first list, print the 12 words in black ink. On the second list of the same 12 words, print 11 in black ink and 1 in red ink. On the third list of the same 12 words, print 6 in black ink and 6 in red ink. Give three classes a different style of the same words on an overhead. Instruct the students to look at the lists of words for one minute each. At the end of one minute, remove the list of words and asked students to write down as many of the words as they remember. Collect the data and compute the results. Did students remember the red words better?