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Classroom Environment: An Analysis Of Researcher Dress And Academic Achievement, Ryan Holley
Classroom Environment: An Analysis Of Researcher Dress And Academic Achievement, Ryan Holley
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The world of academics is continually redefining its standards for beneficial teaching techniques and adequate forms of classroom environments for promulgating maximum achievement from students. This research expands on previous ideas pertaining to the effects of classroom environment and student achievement by including teacher dress/appearance as a possible variable. The researcher hypothesized that individual success of participants taking achievement- oriented examinations can be influenced by the physical appearance of the researcher (dress). Participants perform better in an environment in which the researcher is formally dressed (shirt and tie), while participants perform worse in an environment in which the research is …
An Analysis Of Classroom Environment: Researcher Dress Vs. Test Performance, Ryan Holley
An Analysis Of Classroom Environment: Researcher Dress Vs. Test Performance, Ryan Holley
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
In an attempt to increase student strengths while minimizing various weaknesses, respective levels of academia are constantly shaping teaching practices and standards. These efforts have ranged from those which pertain to physical classroom environment to those that have focused around individual teaching practices/styles. This research was conducted in an attempt to discern the implications of researcher dress on participant abilities to perform well on an achievement oriented questionnaire in the classroom. This study was based around the hypothesis that the success of individual participants completing an examination could be influenced as a result of the appearance of the researcher. This …