High exam hall ceilings are correlated with a lower exam score
High exam hall ceilings are correlated with a lower exam score
In our new study we looked at the impact of ceiling heights on the exam performance of Australian university students.
Science coms whinge: not a single graph! Come on!
Otherwise, my own experience … exam hall exams are awful … they’re distracting, the number of people around is distracting, they’re often either cold or warm … this result makes sense.
I’ve taken exams in smaller spaces and they definitely felt more calm.
7 0 ReplyAre they just bigger schools with shittier student to teacher ratios?
5 0 ReplyThis was all Uni SA
2 0 ReplySo replace OP's schools with subjects...
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There are a bunch of factors that they need to control for, which they seem to acknowledge as an area for future study.
My first thought was similar to yours, but had more to do with the amount of people in the room of the exam rather than during the term.
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So if you live in a miners cottage with 9ft ceilings you’re destined to fail? /s
2 0 ReplySorry, I clarified the title and broke your joke
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