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Where You Sit Matters How Classroom Seating Might Affect Marks

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David Insa,

Josep Silva,

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ITiCSE '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 212 - 217

https://doi.org/10.1145/2899415.2899444

Published: 11 July 2016 Publication History

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In this article we perform a detailed statistical analysis of a large experiment that was carried out in two engineering schools at Universitat Politècnica de València. The goal of the study is to quantify how the distance of students to the professor affects their marks. In the experiment, we collected and processed data about the exact students' position in the lecture hall and in the computer lab for two academic years, their changes of position along the course, and their marks in various degrees, courses, and terms, for both lectures and practicals. Our experiments provide quantitative data that is analyzed using advanced statistical methods such as ANOVA, the TukeyHSD post-hoc test, and the Mantel test based on Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

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Where You Sit Matters How Classroom Seating Might Affect Marks
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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Viet Dung VVan Hoan MDinh Luc D(2024)THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEATING POSITION IN THE CLASSROOM AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN THE COURSE “COMPUTER NETWORKS”Vinh University Journal of Science10.56824/vujs.2024c026c53:2C(65-73)Online publication date: 20-Jun-2024
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