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Where students choose to sit in a classroom can cheap canada goose uk have an effect on how professors perceive them, says Chris Hakala, a psychology professor and director of the Center for Teaching canada goose clearance and Learning at Western New England University.

Students who sit in the front of the classroom may find it easier to canada goose coats on sale develop a better relationship with their professor, unlike those who choose to sit in the very back.

“In bigger classes, students in front do tend to be better students,” Hakala says. “That being canada goose store said, if you tell a bad student to Canada Goose Outlet sit up front, it’s not going to do a lot.”

Still, sitting closer to the front of the room does have an effect on cheap Canada Goose student teacher rapport, which is linked to greater academic performance. Students who choose to sit in the front may find it easier to canada goose maintain eye contact, and there is a greater likelihood that the student will be spoken to, he says.

Perhaps most importantly, students up front are more likely to pay canadian goose jacket attention.

“Classroom attention is important. A student who can’t focus or who Canada Goose Parka can’t be brought back to the situation is Canada Goose online not going to learn,” Hakala continued. canada goose clearance sale “There’s a lot of research on the waxing and waning of attention in the classroom. In lecture, students’ attention tends to bottom out about 30 minutes into class, which is just when faculty are getting to the most important information. Proximity to the professor does have an impact Canada Goose Coats On Sale on that.”

Although there has been a lot of research done on seat placement in classes, Hakala says the data is hard to interpret because it relies on correlation.

“It’s not clear if they sit up front because they’re good students or if good students just prefer to sit up front,” buy canada goose jacket he says.

Other factors may dictate whether a student chooses to sit in the front of the classroom. Chief among them: Where their friends are sitting, how good their eyesight is, if they were late to class and the front happens to be all that’s available, says Deborah Ricker, Canada Goose Jackets Dean of Academic Services at canada goose uk shop York College of Pennsylvania.

Still, as a lecturer, Ricker says seating choice alone has little to no impact on her perception of a students’ work ethic, and many of her colleagues agree.

“Teaching and learning is less about where the student sits and more about how a student thinks, works and behaves,” she says. “I have personally Canada Goose Online had some very talented students sit in the middle and back of the classroom near the door.”

Although where students choose to sit in the classroom doesn’t make or break academic performance, it can have an canada goose uk black friday effect on your level of engagement, says James Black, director of the Center Canada Goose sale for Academic Achievement at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa.

“You have to realize that where you sit communicates something to the professor and affects canada goose uk outlet your engagement in the classroom, but it’s not more uk canada goose outlet important than learning the material and studying,” he says.

Black admits that when he was a student, he tended to sit in the back of the classroom and was nervous about speaking up during class.

“From that perspective, I understand why students may not want to sit in the front, which is why I encourage them to not canada goose coats alienate themselves from the professor,” he says.

Still, it’s canada goose black friday sale important for uk canada goose students to feel comfortable, no matter where they choose to sit.

“If students aren’t feeling that confident, they don’t need to sit up front and feel stressed the whole time,” Black says. “Maybe sit halfway back and buy canada goose jacket cheap make sure to make eye contact with the professor. Then you can gain more confidence and start to move up to the canada goose factory sale front.”

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Julie Mastrine is a junior public relations major at Penn State University, where she works for The Daily Collegian. She’s currently an intern at Dick Jones Communications, where she helps colleges with their public affairs work. You can follow Julie on Twitter.