Does anybody believe this? Notice the study was funded by chewing-gum manufacturers, Wrigley. What'll be next? Smoking helps teenagers to focus? Drinking beer in class helps teenagers to relax? :D
Chewing gum may raise maths grades in teens
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a study likely to make school janitors cringe, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday that chewing gum may boost academic performance in teenagers.
Many U.S. schools ban chewing gum because children often dispose of the sticky chaw under chairs or tables.
But a team led by Craig Johnston at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a standardized math test after 14 weeks and better grades at the end of the term than students in the class who did not chew gum. The study was funded by chewing gum maker Wrigley.
"For the first time we've been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew," said Gil Leveille, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute, a research arm of Wm Wrigley Jr, which is now a part of Mars...(more)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
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We may ask our damn entertaining 'Teacher Man' Frank McCourt...maybe reading this so small print on the train help my longsightedness...:-D
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Sounds like old age is creeping up on someone. :) But who?
Luckily, my pupils are younger, so I won't have to bear hearing them chewing anything!!
By the way,I always wonder why there are so many people doing such weird surveys :D
It's curious,though...
Hey, you've reminded me of something. See next post.
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