how gum helps you

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

[Unregistered]

well you chew it
chewing gum distracts other students

[Kevin J.]

Gum has always been popular . It does not help you get higher test scores. In all actuality it will distract you from taking the test because you'll be so worried on if it'll help you or not. Knowing the information will get you higher test scores. If gum does anything at all, it is solely based on the placebo effect.

[Unregistered]

Yes, gum does help you do better on tests. Take the case of Dr. Kenneth Allen, whose latest findings indicate that we should perhaps overturn one of the most sacred laws of primary education: the prohibition on chewing gum in the classroom. Allen, a professor at N.Y.U.’s College of Dentistry, is an unlikely champion of Bazooka and Double Bubble, and yet he has recently shown, if inadvertently, that a pack-a-day chewing habit may help account for the difference between the honor roll and summer school.

[Unregistered]

Gum has always been popular . It does not help you get higher test scores. In all actuality it will distract you from taking the test because you'll be so worried on if it'll help you or not. Knowing the information will get you higher test scores. If gum does anything at all, it is solely based on the placebo effect.


chewing gum actually does help you in school.. research by UK psychologists proved that chewing gum can improve your memory..
i study for about an hour before my tests with gum and chew it during the test.. i am also a straight A student.. it really helps, as well aas relaxes you before the test!

[Unregistered]

I am from a school that forbids gum bacause unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to consintrate. The shool that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to consitrate, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time consitrating, on task.

[Unregistered]

The less you nag kids about something, the fewer issues you will have. I allow my students to have snacks/drinks/gum in my class with the understanding that if trash is left on the floor, desks, classroom, anywhere other than the garbage can, the privilege will be revoked. I am an English teacher and anal about the care of my personal classroom library books. I have not had a single issue with this. My students are very attentive and hard-working. The ones that are failing usually do not have food with them anyway. Gum isn't an issue at all for me. I have never found it under desks, on the floor, etc. I don't really even notice kids chewing it. I find that if I don't walk around forcing kids to throw out their gum, they don't tend to defy me in that way...

[Unregistered]

I actually heard that chewing gum helps improve your memory. And you teachers should know that the mint flavor of gum actually helps refresh your mind. Don't act like you know everything just because you're a teacher, so for christ's sake read the newspaper.

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare
gum helps your memory and gets you concentrating.

[Unregistered]

I don't know abut everyone else, but i think chewing gum does help improve concentration and therefore your test grades. I experimented with this once and found that i had a ten percent increase in grade for an algebra quiz. I'm currently still testing for further results. Based on my results, chuwing gum does help for studying and taking tests.

[ScienceTeacher]

Maybe students would be more responsible with the gum if they made it themselves.

Has anyone tried this make your own chewing gum educational activity kit:
http://www.gleegum.com/make-gum-kit.htm

[Dr. Chen]

Chewing gum - 1. A medium for suspending saliva on any and every surface. 2. An attempt by certain humans to become even more bovine. 3. A successful delivery system to inject sugar into dental cavities. 4. A diversion of energy from the brain to the jaw (i.e. reverse evolution).

If you're fond of wearing human saliva on a regular basis, promote gum use in places where adolescents gather en masse.

[Unregistered]

The ones who are failing (not the ones that are failing)
:)

[Unregistered]

when you chew gum it quenches your thirst so kids won't have to get up in the middle of class and distract the whole class.

Don't be a bum chew gum!

[Unregistered]

i dont know but maybe because it would reduce stress causing students to relax and think more rationally

[Unregistered]

All and all it depends on the person, but not always. Study shows that people who chew gum during a test improve more then people who did not. I did a expeirment on this and the people who were chewing while taking a test did better then the ones without gum.

[Unregistered]

it helps u concentrate so if people are loud u can still concentrate

[Unregistered]

i am doing an editorial and this information has helped with my work thankyou

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

gum helps they children as to it puts they childs mind that they have to chew and work because otherwise the could get caught with it.

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare
it is a verry good thing that kids in middle therw high shcool should chew gum it is so popurer be cause it is so darn tastey.

[Unregistered]

I actually heard that chewing gum helps improve your memory. And you teachers should know that the mint flavor of gum actually helps refresh your mind. Don't act like you know everything just because you're a teacher, so for christ's sake read the newspaper.










i agree with you

[nolan johnson]

I am from a school that forbids gum bacause unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to consintrate. The shool that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to consitrate, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time consitrating, on task.
I think that gam is grate and that every school should alow it because it helps with kids that have those mintal illnisen like add or adhd

[Unregistered]

It helps yu to concentrate better and be more focused to do better on a test

[Unregistered]

mmm taste good makes you smarter !!!
:):)

[u s scientist]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so popularegum chewing can inhance your memory skills and ace tests
it can also inhance hormonal feelings

gum chewing helps keep your feelings out of the way of what you need to do

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so popular?

[Unregistered]

i really think that all schools should let students have gum. it helps memory and they can get higher test scores

[Unregistered]

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[Princess]

How does gum help u get better grades? I'm really confused

[Unregistered]

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[Unregistered]

Scientist did a study conducting part of their student panel to chew gum while taking an exam, the other part of this panel to not chew gum. The scientists discovered that chewing gum relaxes the mind enough to do better on tests. I had to prove this for myself and over a period of 3 months found this discovery to be true.

[Unregistered]

IT COULD HELP YOU!!! thats my freakin science fair project!!! I WILL FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

chewing gum does help you think! Though i am one of the smartest kids in my class I sometimes forget things on a test but there has been other times where I do chew gum and I pass the test!!!

[Unregistered]

i agree with everyone on this page(unless they said that gum chewing doesnt help you think!) because i am one of the smartest kids in the class and when i chew gum during a test i usually pass it!

[stella]

i agree with it does help and some kids should be able to chew it in school

[styella]

gum does help you learn I only got one bad grade my whole life and that wasw when they said we cant chew gum in school I dont like the rule but have to follow it and it drives me nuts and we are trying to get it to where we can chew it.

[violnent J]

hi u want me huh?

[student]

I've heard it can relieve pressure in your ears as well, so maybe that has something to do with it. I'm not so sure about the "fact" that it can improve memory. I honestly believe that your memory and concentration skills of everyone, and those tested with this theory were more affected by factors such as stress; as well as just their basic learning skills that they've developed. Take for example, me. I never chew gum in school, or when taking tests, and I'm a 93% average student. I think that's because of my learning skills, and I don't think it would improve if I chewed gum in class. It might also have to do with the fact that people believe the gum can help them, so it makes them feel more confident while taking tests, allowing them(us) to not freak out as much and forget everything. Whether this illusion is a good thing, or bad thing, I don't know. I think the best way to get good grades is just to pay attention, and put a good effort into your work. Then you'll feel confident enough without thinking gum is helping you, and you'll get good grades. Why argue about this, when there's a solid way to get good marks: work hard!

[ballagirl5]

Gum is a GREAT thing to have in class and it really helps your memory. The mint gum can even stimulate your brain and help you on tests or papers. Also, if a student would have gum in their mouth, they may not talk to their neighbor next to them because of chewing. If the gum is being popped or annoying, punish the person for doing it! DUH! Teachers and principals don't realize how refreshing and relaxing gum really is to a student. That is why it is sooooo popular!!! Lastily, it could break bad habits like chewing nails or eating boogers (gross anyway!) but you never know. I think that it helps tremendously and i don' tknow how all you people out there think it doesn't help but whatever you think ok!

[Unregistered(sophie)]

there ius no right or rong answer but i think that most of you are right about this quote you noe wat u have to do keep chewin gum and remember it does help in lessons

[Unregistered]

Research has shown that chewing gum moves the vestibular system which is located near the ear. Kids with ADD and ADHD who are figgity can control some of that movement and concentrate is enhanced. As a parent of 3 sons with varying degrees of ADD/ADHD and a special education teacher....I know it works. Gum chewing, for all the wonderful properties it contains, is not a issue in my classroom. Students are not placing gum under chairs and desks....they are respectful, grateful and impressed when I lay out all the research that point to gum chewing as a benefit to learning.

[Dr. Syndow]

A scientific study shows gum helps you do better because the chemicals in in stimulates your brain 5 times faster and absorbs more infromation.

[Unregistered]

I am doing a research paper on this, and I will hopefully convince my school to let us chew gum during class. This forum has been very helpful. Thank you all for your opinions.

-a gracious student

[kboog]

gum is good and it helps my students now all my students are hella smart and i let them chew gum in class

[Unregistered]

I don't know abut everyone else, but i think chewing gum does help improve concentration and therefore your test grades. I experimented with this once and found that i had a ten percent increase in grade for an algebra quiz. I'm currently still testing for further results. Based on my results, chuwing gum does help for studying and taking tests.
Well there are chemicles in the gum that help you think better.

[Unregistered]

as a special ed. teacher, I would have to say that chewing gum would help with concentration for many of the reasons previously listed... but here's another one to consider:

if the student is chewing gum when they are learning the material, then it helps to activate another part of the brain - this is called multi-sensory learning. (another example is writing in sand with your finger - temporary, but multi-sensory just the same).
Multi-sensory approaches tend to be more effective for long-term retention because more areas of the brain are involved in the learning process. If the gum is present during the classroom and studying process, then it should be available as a trigger during testing as well.

Just a thought! :)

[Unregistered]

Gum can cause the stomach to believe you are eating therefore it releases the chemicals to breakit down and it is said to make you fat.. plus for most people who cant multi-task, chewing gum can be a bit of a distraction. Come on, you consintrate all your energy to keep the gum in your mought, to chew it, to make sure it doesnt slide down your throat, thinking "what nice flavours these are" and making sure the teachers does not catch you, because in the school i go to, there is a fine of €6 if you are caught chewng gum.

The best way for a student to consintrate is knowing they will get something out of it. I for one am hoping to become a future Zoologist/concervationist. That i why i study and work in school, its because i will get something out of it. That is how the students should be able to consintrate. The should realise "hey wat if i cant actually sit still and not distorb the class, i will actually get somewhere in life" because if they dont, well whats the point in them coming to school. But after saying that. If a student studies the most they can and not get what they wanted, so what they tries and its up to the parents to give them the support/confidence they need to concentrate. NOT a stick of gum!!!

[bre]

gum should be allowed in school

[Kim Dixon, MD Zoo]

Gum is one of the wonders of the world for the brain. The act of chewing distracts one side of the brain allowing the thought process side to do it's job more efficiently. And the reason it improves memory recall is that it has olfactory stimulation involved. Scent is the largest memory recall stimulant for human beings....think of it, when you smell something unique you remember it, and when you smell it again, you are instantly transported to the date and time that you previously smelled it.

Most professors recommend that people where a specific type of cologne or perfume while studying. Then where it again on exam day to assist in recall. The same principle is true with chewing gum.

[Unregistered]

It helps me concentrait more and it is popular.

[Unregistered]

If gum chewing improves test scores then my students would all have A's instead of getting detentions that result in their scraping of gum from BENEATH and AROUND the desks.
My school's mandate is that there is to be NO gum-chewing by either students or faculty. I'm fine by that. When school let's out, I pop a piece into my mouth... because I know that I won't stick it somewhere it doesn't belong.

Try this... Tell them no penalty will come for spitting it into the trash. If you find them chewing, they get to "relieve" the desks of other's gum. Not that it'll solve the problem... its just more entertaining to say.

[Unregistered]

Anyone who says gumchewing doesn't help you do better on tests is a moron. Studies have shown that chewing gum opens up blood vessels to the brain, causing you to remember more and think at a higher rate. They did a test on a group of people. One group didn't have any chewing gum and they took a test. The other group had chewing gum and took the same test. Statistics show that 85% of the people with chewing gum remembered more and did better on the test than people without.

[Unregistered]

I think that the idea of the chewing gum helping test scores (if I remember what I read correctly) is that it helps the students by giving them an outlet for their nerves (I mean, who doesn't remember tapping on the floor with their feet or repetitively clicking their lead pencils while waiting for divine intervention during a test?). I also completely agree with the idea of priviliges and responsibility - respect is reciprocal - you get what you give in most cases.

[Unregistered]

i think gum helps the students and helps them make beter grades

[Unregistered]

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[Unregistered]

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[Unregistered]

Gum helps you do better on tests! when you chew gum more blood pumpes in your brain that makes you absorb information better and remember more things! Nintendo Ninja was here!

[Unregistered]

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[Unregistered]

what are you suppose to be a Toielt Paper monster! stay here all use you for later!

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare
bc its good DUH

[hailey]

the gum can help you on counting the numbers and like fractions

[Unregistered]

Everyone that posted thank you, I am writing a persuasive essay trying to get our school to let us chew gum and all of your comments helped me so much. thank you.

[Unregistered]

gum does help you in a way.it helps you cosintrate and help you do well on them test

[Unregistered]

gum helps you concentrate- studies have show! and it helps relieve boredom during a test which could prevent you from fucusing fully. overall, gum does help, experiments have shown this, and it's helps ypu concentrate and stay focused. u can believe wut u want. i'm not trying to say ur wrong. i just felt like replying to ur message

[Mr. H]

Ok, I love gum. I chew it on a regular basis. I am also responsible enough not to stick it underdesks or spit it out on the floor etc. Sadly enough, the same cannot be said of the majority of children. I had to spend the summer, one year, freezing gum and scraping it off of desks & bookselves. It's disgusting. I think, after reading most of the arguments for and against the chewing of gum in class, that the cons outweigh the pros.

[isabelle redman uk]

chewing gum has been proven to help raise test scores
it works by getting more oxygen to the brain
making it allow more things to be processed at one time
take me for example
i am 13 years of age and this year i did the national IQ test
i got a high IQ of 144 i cant remember the average age for that is but at school i asked my science teacher if i could conduct an experiment he agreed to let me
i was allowed to chew gum in every lesson and at home i did this for 4 weeks. i am better at remembering things and i now have an IQ score of 159. i'm not the best at sports so i choose to be brainy rather than to have brawl. it is on the internet and i sent my reasearch and findings to about 10 labs around the world and have heard back from 8 and they have said to me that i am very intelligent and i could be the next Einstein. if you have any questions please email me at candy_bay_bee@hotmail.co.uk
guys can't take all the credit can they

[italiangurl93]

i took 5 really hard tests this summer that icdidn't study alot and i chewed gum and i got 98s ;) :cool: :cool:

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

the positives of allowing gum chewing does not outweigh the negatives of gum chewing. Therefore, no gum chewing in my class. My room, my rules

[Mr. H]

i took 5 really hard tests this summer that icdidn't study alot and i chewed gum and i got 98s ;) :cool: :cool:

Irrelevant. As a student I NEVER studied and got A's all through school and didn't chew gum. So what?? Some people just do well on tests. I am happy for you that you did well, but I'm guessing that you'd have done well regardless of your gum chewing.

[Unregistered]

The less you nag kids about something, the fewer issues you will have. I allow my students to have snacks/drinks/gum in my class with the understanding that if trash is left on the floor, desks, classroom, anywhere other than the garbage can, the privilege will be revoked. I am an English teacher and anal about the care of my personal classroom library books. I have not had a single issue with this. My students are very attentive and hard-working. The ones that are failing usually do not have food with them anyway. Gum isn't an issue at all for me. I have never found it under desks, on the floor, etc. I don't really even notice kids chewing it. I find that if I don't walk around forcing kids to throw out their gum, they don't tend to defy me in that way...


LIER or you are blind, get real, they even have tagged your back without you knowing it! LOL

[Unregistered]

I have allowed my students to chew gum during tests for years. I have told them about the scientific studies that seem to prove that chewing gum seems to improve memory. My personal opinion is that it would be more effective if they chewed it while studying or learning the material than on the test. However, I'm not quite to the point of letting them chew it all the time- as it does create a distraction in the classroom when students blow bubbles without thinking.
If there is a placebo effect, and students do better because they think they will do better- isn't it still a good thing?

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

LIER or you are blind, get real, they even have tagged your back without you knowing it! LOL

I did that one time to one of my niave teachers once.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I have allowed my students to chew gum during tests for years. I have told them about the scientific studies that seem to prove that chewing gum seems to improve memory. My personal opinion is that it would be more effective if they chewed it while studying or learning the material than on the test. However, I'm not quite to the point of letting them chew it all the time- as it does create a distraction in the classroom when students blow bubbles without thinking.
If there is a placebo effect, and students do better because they think they will do better- isn't it still a good thing?

not if that placebo ends up under a desk, or on the floor. Kids (as a group), are not responsible enough to chew gum.

[loren]

im doin a essay and i have to pursuade my teachers(all 4 of them) that chewing gum in class can help you concentrate. ive done some reserch but all i get is mixed results. i think it helps so i discreetly sneak it... you can figure the rest out some times detention other times office for that period. o well... thanks for all of the interesting comments ;)

[*kacii*]

gum!!! if you would like good information on gum go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_1871000/1871338.stm
mmkay you can juts copy && paste i think it will help i don't know i haven't read anything off it yet. jk. ahhhh bye bye!!

[Mr. H]

im doin a essay and i have to pursuade my teachers(all 4 of them) that chewing gum in class can help you concentrate. ive done some reserch but all i get is mixed results. i think it helps so i discreetly sneak it... you can figure the rest out some times detention other times office for that period. o well... thanks for all of the interesting comments ;)

Well, if you were chewing while typing this up, I guess gum doesn't help with spelling or grammar. :(

[student]

That second to last post sounds like a middle schooler to me! The acronyms and abbreviations are hysterical at times because it just emphasizes the stupidity of this generation's english skills....(or lack thereof)

[Unregistered]

i've ben doing a science research report on chewing gum when you're testing, and so far all the reliable sources i've found point out that chewing gum can improve test scores.

“Studies have shown that chewing gum is an easy way to help relieve stress and tension, as well as increase focus and concentration. Researchers have discovered that it stimulates certain areas of the brain, which may have a relationship to reducing tension.”
http://www.thea-blast.org/?a=a&id=476

"the action of chewing stimulates a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which releases hormones which serve to keep us alert."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A172342

gum definitely helps...that's all i've got to say.

[Unregistered]

I dont know if it does or not?? =( Bye

[Cheergirl2]

I chew gum alll the time. When it comes down to it, gum can really help you. It gets your brain flowing, and helps you focus. I have ADHD....its not a laughing matter to kid about this stuff. It happens all around. We can't help what we have...thats why It helps to know the facts.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I'd be interested in which doctor gave you a gum perscription as a cure to ADHD.

[A True Teacher]

:confused: All this discussion about chewing of gum in school. Excuse my lack of knowledge, but the last ime I checked chewing gum actually makes you more hungry, because the chewing sends signals to your stomache that food is entering so prepare to digest. Correct me if I am wrong Science teachers.

So, if you are getting more hungry, how on earth can you concentrate? I used to chew gum a lot, and stopped because it was messing me up.

How does it help with the brain?

[Unregistered]

Im gonna have to try this. Teachers never would have actually thought of this. Maybe the teachers i see chewing gum already knew this!!! I mean really who would've thought? I'm gonna show this one to my mom!!!! She's probably gonna go buy super packs of gum now!!!!!

[Unregistered]

im doin the same 4 school, lolR3X

[Unregistered]

gum does help you learn I only got one bad grade my whole life and that wasw when they said we cant chew gum in school I dont like the rule but have to follow it and it drives me nuts and we are trying to get it to where we can chew it.


I get in trouble for it too and now I have to write a three page paper on why it's bad to chew it in class!!!!!! How dumb is that?!?!?!?


-Kiku loves you

[Chemfemme]

I get in trouble for it too and now I have to write a three page paper on why it's bad to chew it in class!!!!!! How dumb is that?!?!?!?


-Kiku loves you

almost as dumb as chewing it anyway when you KNOW you'll get in trouble for it:eek:

[Unregistered]

ur all right!! GUM IS MY HERO && im writting a paper bout it :P

[Unregistered]

well i think it opens all your brain muscles so u could think better

[Mr. H]

well i think it opens all your brain muscles so u could think better

Ok, I'm not an anatomy teacher but I thought the brain was an organ, not a muscle. :rolleyes:

You students who are in favor of chewing gum sure need to work on your advocate-comrades. They're screwing up your defense of the practice with their inept ideas about, well, life in general, much less their spelling and grammar usage. I guess you don't all chew gum while sitting at home in front of the computer. :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

Ay dunt thenk gumm chuweng hellpz wid spelinge mush!

[punkslive2day]

gum helps u realese the stress during tests

[Unregistered]

gum is good for you

[bob]

my opinion states that it DOES help us.

[mmmmmmmm.... donuts]

:D
i have to do a persuasive essay on that too:o :o :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

Gum has always been popular . It does not help you get higher test scores. In all actuality it will distract you from taking the test because you'll be so worried on if it'll help you or not. Knowing the information will get you higher test scores. If gum does anything at all, it is solely based on the placebo effect.

Gum actuallly helps because it puts pressure on areas that help concentration. We use it in special situations with ADD kids. You can also use wax or chew on the end of your pen or pencil.

[gumchewer101]

I am from a school that forbids gum bacause unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to consintrate. The shool that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to consitrate, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time consitrating, on task.

I'm not able to chew gum in my school either. So I'm writing a persuasive essay to my principal stating how gum affects your grade scores. I think it might have an impact, but I'm not sure! I hope it works!

[Paul]

I am doing a research paper on this, and I will hopefully convince my school to let us chew gum during class. This forum has been very helpful. Thank you all for your opinions.

-a gracious student


I am also doing a project on this and this website has been extremely helpful. thanks.

[Unregistered]

THis Site Is SO Freaking Awsome it is helping with my social studies project, hope a get a good mark

[Unregistered]

Irrelevant. As a student I NEVER studied and got A's all through school and didn't chew gum. So what?? Some people just do well on tests. I am happy for you that you did well, but I'm guessing that you'd have done well regardless of your gum chewing.

Well Mr. know it all I guess you wanna argue with these sources

1. www.scholieren.nrc.nl/extra/engels/2002/122.shtml
2. www.bellybytes.com/articles/chewinggum.shtml

"I am Mr. Think I Know It All" GIVE ME A BREAK! (and yes I am mocking you)

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

hi i love gum

[Unregistered]

[QUOTE=Chocolate_New_Orleans;17552]I'd be interested in which doctor gave you a gum perscription as a cure to ADHD.[/QUOTE

Hey Mr Know It All. Gum actually can help you focus. You don't know what you are talking about. To prove my point here's a site

http://www.benefitsofchewing.com

[Unregistered]

gum does improve test scores but only because it improves memory and concentration. I did a study and the results were positive!

beet that

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I'd be interested in which doctor gave you a gum perscription as a cure to ADHD.

Hey Mr Know It All. Gum actually can help you focus. You don't know what you are talking about. To prove my point here's a site

http://www.benefitsofchewing.com


that didn't answer my concern... which doctor gives gum perscriptions for ADHD/ADD like you(I'm assuming) previously stated.

[Unregistered]

i totally agree with you

[Unregistered]

chewing gum helps you at school a lottttttttt I find a ton easier to concentrate and follow directions it also helps memory.

[Unregistered]

I have read several times (In Kids magazine, and other sources) that gum does actually help you think because when you chew, your body send glucose to the brain because it thinks that you are going to eat. This is actually going to be my science fair topic, so I can prove that gum does help you think, and that schools should allow children to chew gum in class, as long as it is thrown away properly.

[Unregistered]

i do too. It just helps me concentrate. I don't have add, or adhd, but i am not good at concentrating. I find it easier to concentrate when i am chewing gum though. Good idea for a science project. That might really help us. All of my teachers let us chew gum during test though, ut if the kids didn't put the gum under desks or whatever, we would be aloud to chew it whenever. Everyone's breath would smell etter too!!!!!

[Unregistered]

i dont know but maybe because it would reduce stress causing students to relax and think more rationally

wtf are you talkking about

[Unregistered]

Irrelevant. As a student I NEVER studied and got A's all through school and didn't chew gum. So what?? Some people just do well on tests. I am happy for you that you did well, but I'm guessing that you'd have done well regardless of your gum chewing.

you just got real lucky on c\some test g that nothing i do good all the time hommie

[Unregistered]

Gum can cause the stomach to believe you are eating therefore it releases the chemicals to breakit down and it is said to make you fat.. plus for most people who cant multi-task, chewing gum can be a bit of a distraction. Come on, you consintrate all your energy to keep the gum in your mought, to chew it, to make sure it doesnt slide down your throat, thinking "what nice flavours these are" and making sure the teachers does not catch you, because in the school i go to, there is a fine of €6 if you are caught chewng gum.

The best way for a student to consintrate is knowing they will get something out of it. I for one am hoping to become a future Zoologist/concervationist. That i why i study and work in school, its because i will get something out of it. That is how the students should be able to consintrate. The should realise "hey wat if i cant actually sit still and not distorb the class, i will actually get somewhere in life" because if they dont, well whats the point in them coming to school. But after saying that. If a student studies the most they can and not get what they wanted, so what they tries and its up to the parents to give them the support/confidence they need to concentrate. NOT a stick of gum!!!

that is so not true!!!!!!!!!

[kayceee]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

i think gum does help you get better in school!!!!!!!!!!! i have noticed when i am doing homework outside of school i always do better. it helps me concentrate!i think we should be aloud to chew it in school no matter what!

[Unregistered]

From the posts I read, you all need to include citations instead of beliefs. Where is you proof?

[Unregistered]

GUM!!!! it tastes gurd haah! its helps me concentrate, wen im in a n exam i need to chew something to keep me on frm distracted others by tapping my pen or making funi noises

[Unregistered]

that is so not true!!!!!!!!!

You need to be slaped!!!!! It is a prove fact that it helps consentration!!!! You act smart but you better do a little more reserch!!Idiot!!!

[Unregistered]

that is so not true!!!!!!!!!

Who ever thinks that gum doesn't help you think needs to be slaped!!! It is a proven fact that it helps!!!

[Unregistered]

Gum actuallly helps because it puts pressure on areas that help concentration. We use it in special situations with ADD kids. You can also use wax or chew on the end of your pen or pencil.

I think gum helps because it is something to do while test. it also helps other things that are very boring or important to your grade with school.

[Unregistered]

If you allow gum in your classroom then please do not let students pop it out loud all hour. I remember being in high school during math class and this extremely annoying girl would have gum every single day and pop it out loud every three to five seconds. It used to distract me and drive me nuts but the teacher didn't notice. I know that others around her were uncomfortable as well but no one said anything. Even if you do not care, please know that the popping of gum is extremely distracting in a class. If you allow gum in your classroom like I do, then please, for the sake of all your kids, tell them that they can have gum as long as you don't see it (blowing bubbles, etc.) or hear it (popping). Since stating these rules I do not have a problem.

[Unregistered]

First off, gum does help you concentrate and it even improves memory. For those people that want proof go to www.ThinkGum.com . There are loks of peer-reviewd scientific papers cited about how and whay chewing gum improves concentration. Most people think chewing gum improves concentration by increasing blood-flow to your brain.
Think Gum is a gum designed to enhance the brain-boosting effects that eveyone already loves about chewing gum. It is great for students and really helps many people concentrate in class.

[Unregistered]

This gum thread is getting old---could we move on folks? People are saying the same things over and over about gum. How many sites can a person look at about the purported benefits of gum, how many ways can teachers weasel around the issue of gum chewing in their classrooms, how many "consequences" can we think of for getting caught chewing, etc., etc. It is real simple in my class-----no gum, no gum, no gum.

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

It is a real good thing to chew before tests. It can help you score a average grade on your Achievement test.!!!!!!!!!!!!!******

[Unregistered]

schools should let ppl chew gum im doing a thesis (my oppion on a subject) and i chose gum! i also have been diagnosed with ADD & another writing disablitie and i going it to high school next at the end of this year (2007) and we should have GUM . so im gettting started any help would help

[Unregistered]

I found that gum helps me on my math tests. Without it my mum would kill me! I just find it relaxing knowing that Little Mr. Gummy is in my mouth helping me. Other people in my class who chew gum also get good grades, and nobody complains about bad breath. No, I'm dead serious. They used to be like "Aw, your breath reeks" and "64%, dude you ****************!" to this one kid. One day they brought in minty gum and there breath wasn't too too bad, and their test score went up from an average of 65%ish to a 80%ish. So yeah. Plus gum is fun. Too bad there's a ban at my school though, everytime we have a sub we have to spitt out our gum.

[Unregistered]

ok im single, sexy and way hotter then u ! u guys r such nerds trying to decide if gum is good 4 u or sumthin
bibi

[wmiller]

Gum can cause the stomach to believe you are eating therefore it releases the chemicals to breakit down and it is said to make you fat.. plus for most people who cant multi-task, chewing gum can be a bit of a distraction. Come on, you consintrate all your energy to keep the gum in your mought, to chew it, to make sure it doesnt slide down your throat, thinking "what nice flavours these are" and making sure the teachers does not catch you, because in the school i go to, there is a fine of €6 if you are caught chewng gum.

The best way for a student to consintrate is knowing they will get something out of it. I for one am hoping to become a future Zoologist/concervationist. That i why i study and work in school, its because i will get something out of it. That is how the students should be able to consintrate. The should realise "hey wat if i cant actually sit still and not distorb the class, i will actually get somewhere in life" because if they dont, well whats the point in them coming to school. But after saying that. If a student studies the most they can and not get what they wanted, so what they tries and its up to the parents to give them the support/confidence they need to concentrate. NOT a stick of gum!!!

excuse me, most kids arent stupid enough to not know how to multitask. its probably just you. i allow my kids to chew gum during the WASL and last year, my class got the highest scores in the district. sorry if you need an excuse because your fat. studies have shown that it helps. maybe you should go back to college.

[Unregistered(brandon v)]

give me sientific proof of WELL KNOWN people in studies that shows gum hlps pplzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Unregistered]

I have found that by having the student bring water, it can help a student think more clearly. I do a Brain Gym that encourages the person to drink water. When your water in your body is reduced by 2% water you are unable to do simple Math questions. Perhaps by bathing the brain with the water it will allow a student to retain more information. Then you don't have to worry about the gum issue. Most of the students I have watched, do not drink anything all day. They only drink at lunch. That is making the body dehydrated and unbable to concentrate.
Try it. It works.

[Tester23]

Scientists in the UK found that chewing gum does indeed give you better test grades.

[Unregistered]

I have found that by having the student bring water, it can help a student think more clearly. I do a Brain Gym that encourages the person to drink water. When your water in your body is reduced by 2% water you are unable to do simple Math questions. Perhaps by bathing the brain with the water it will allow a student to retain more information. Then you don't have to worry about the gum issue. Most of the students I have watched, do not drink anything all day. They only drink at lunch. That is making the body dehydrated and unbable to concentrate.
Try it. It works.

thank you! I appreciate it!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Scientists in the UK found that chewing gum does indeed give you better test grades.

link, or quit pulling made up facts out of your butt hole

[Unregistered]

geuss wat go f-u-c-k a goat

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

exactly what I thought, people just think gum helps you, but can't prove it.

This thread is over until either link to proof is posted.

[AussieHouseDad]

I was a Lab Tecnician for almost 20 years before my wife and I decided to swap roll's (we only started having children 6 years ago). When I was a lab tecnician I use to do a lot of data mining and I mean a LOT!.

I have looked and looked and looked. All I can find that suggests that chewing gum is beneficial is located on the Wriggleys promotional website.
http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/products/products_benefits.asp

As it is chewing gum marketing propaganda, I dont think it is to be trusted.

Though I did find this:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A172342
Mention has already been made of the fact that chewing gum can be an aid to concentration. One theory behind this is that the action of chewing stimulates a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which releases hormones which serve to keep us alert.

It is only a theory, there is no solid evidence to support this claim.

[Unregistered]

lots of teachers in my skool chew gum. why can't we? they say it goes on the desks, but that isn't me!! Why teachers chew gum, because it is refreashing and it ROCKS!!! hopefully they change the rule

[nickb]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

that is wrong

[ComSci101]

that is wrong

You realize the post you quoted was a question right?

[Mr. H]

I just report messages of a harassing nature to get them removed. Most of these, I believe, are student generated.

[Unregistered]

how does gum affect on kids while taking a test? Well click here to find out!!


Well I am doing a paper on chewing gum while taking tests or even while doing school work. I think it helps me, but our princible just made a huge deal about it because he has been seeing students chewing gum non-stop. I want to see if i can change this rule for some students because it does help. My school is a school for children that have learning differences, we arnt stupid- we just think on a totally different level. I think the gum would help a lot of the kids that want to learn or do better in school, well wish me luck seeing if i can change the NO GUM rule at my school-
-thanxs

[Mr. H]

You can't make a rule for the few! That is unjust... if a few people can't handle the responsibility of not sticking gum to the bottoms of desks or spitting it out on the sidewalks, then NO ONE should be chewing gum. It wouldn't be fair to let some students chew and others not. You guys are always saying how "unfair" we are but here you are trying to segregate your own student population through gum-chewing??

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Dale Ernhart, Jr, can all handle speed. Why should they have to follow a speed limit because the average person is a dumass and can NOT handle unlimited speed?

Asking teachers to make gum rules for the ones that can't handle the priveledge, while allowing others to chew would be like asking a cop to allow some people to speed that can handle it, and others not be able to speed.

[Unregistered]

I Really Like Gum And Gum Can Really Help You Get Good Grades And Relive Pain In Your Head. Although Gum Can Hurt Your Jaw From Chewing For 6 Hours, But It Is Worth It. Still You Should Just Worck,chew Gum, And The Good Grades Will Follow.

[Unregistered]

SWEET Dude GUM GUM GUM YUM YUM YUMMY GUMMY!!!!!!!!!

[manuelrodriguez]

Its good for tartar :) but it look to one like a goat.. :)

[Unregistered]

I don't allow it if I can hear it popping. If I can't hear it, then I never know that my students have it. In the past, I have found chewed gum stuck to the window blinds, in the computer keyboard, and in the opening to the disk drive on the computer. My students are regular ed high school students. Go figure! Obviously, I would prefer that they not chew anything in my class.

[Unregistered]

I am from a school that forbids gum BACAUSE unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to CONSITRATE. The SHOOL that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to CONSITRATE, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time CONSITRATING, on task.


Wow, maybe you should chew gum while you type. Or maybe this web site should have spell check.

[someone in the world]

i think that gum could help but im not sure this is one thing that im doing my science fair on adn i would like to know if this theory is true. i belive kids will get a higher score if the study longer but if they chew gum they might try harder so its a confusing thing.

[Unregistered]

Gum is great it helps with memory, so on your tests you do better. The gum lets off a chemical in your brain to help you think better!!!!!!!!

[Jessie]

chewing gum distracts other students




Does it make the other kids want some or something?
Gum makes it easier to concentrate in class, especially for me, because i have ADD and ADHD.

gum makes the mind more able to retreive and retain information.
No doubt the person who posted that comment above was a parent or a teacher or a dentist or something.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Does it make the other kids want some or something?
Gum makes it easier to concentrate in class, especially for me, because i have ADD and ADHD.

yes it does. Because everyone wants to get a free piece. And when a kid offers one piece, the entire class is now more interested in that kid than the subject of the class.

as far as add goes, just pop another placebo pill and quit using it as a crutch and excuse to chew gum. I don't like speed limit laws, but I follow them

[Unregistered]

i agree with that guy, ever heard of "SPELL CHECK" ?

[Unregistered]

it does to help :P

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

it does to help :P

too, not to


I guess you weren't chewing your gum :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

I have to do a science fair project with this title. Reading all the comments on there it has helped me. I believe both yes and no. Yes because it may calm you down in order to do go on a test. No because like you said it may distract you into what you are doing and not let you focus on your test there for you may fail a test. - Kayla S. New Mexico

[Unregistered]

I think gum chewing should be allowed....if u allow it they wont have to hide it therefore it will stay in there math instead of the books....or tables...also it is proven that test results will improve....

here is a link to a girl who did a project on it!

http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2004/MirandaG.html

[Unregistered]

Chewing gum should be allowed in school because I go to school where gum is not allowed and it's pretty gay. Chewing gum can help you concetrate during tests and it calms your nerves. so LET STUDENTS CHEW GUM DURING CLASS!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

It depends from person to person.The best way to findout is to try out and see.For me its a distraction.

[Unregistered]

I have found with avg to lower level students gum or chewy candy helps student focus. ADD students need something to do with extra energy, gum can be your answer.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I have found with avg to lower level students gum or chewy candy helps student focus. ADD students need something to do with extra energy, gum can be your answer.

ADD is just an excuse for poor behavior.

[Unregistered]

I Agree!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

chewing gum distracts other students

it helps so much!

[Unregistered]

will gum affect your test scores if yuo chew it during a test?

[Unregistered]

Recent studies show that chewing gum helps with memory retention and also to calm a person.

[Unregistered]

WoW relax, your such a loser omg.
Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Dale Ernhart, Jr, can all handle speed. Why should they have to follow a speed limit because the average person is a dumass and can NOT handle unlimited speed?

Asking teachers to make gum rules for the ones that can't handle the priveledge, while allowing others to chew would be like asking a cop to allow some people to speed that can handle it, and others not be able to speed.

[Unregistered]

It Is Distractive!!!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

WoW relax, your such a loser omg.

lyk, omg, wateva, asif

have some gum, and chill, just not in my room :p

:rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

I think that the reason that gum helps some people is that it keeps them from figiting. I know that my mind wanders all the time when writing essays but when I'm chewing gum it takes away from my nervousness and boredom so I can concentrate better. But I doubt that it really does help every student because some kids are just amazingly smart in the first place and dont need to concentrate more.

[Unregistered]

this is a really gay theory i dont understand why you idiots put stuff like this on the internet, no one ever want to read something as stupid as this crap is the only thing gum is good for is to chew, pop to annoy your teachers, and to stick under the chairs and desks so your gay "janitor" who never even actually cleans anything will have to pick it off , hopefully with his bare hands






sincerly,
this is gay

[Unregistered]

OKAY gum chewing has all its side effects
gum is both good and bad for you, but in my opinion, it is worse than people think it is...
first of all, some rare studies have shown that some theories are true, but nothingless, most other theories have NOT BEEN PROOVEN YET
i agree with whoever said that gum should not be allowed in schools
reason one: MOST STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO THROW THEIR GUM IN TRASH CANS, AND STICK IT UNDER DESKS AND SPIT IT ON THE FLOOR, this takes hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars per year to clean up all that gum, which is a TOTAL waste of money, which could be spent on important stuff
reason 2: CHEWING GUM CREATES A POWERFUL ACID IN YOUR STOMACH, THAT IT USED TO BURN FOOD WHEN YOU EAT, BUT WHEN PPL CHEW GUM, YOUR BRAIN DOESNT KNOW THAT THERE IS NO FOOD GOING IN YOUR STOMACH, IN CONCLUSION, YOUR STOMACH LINE CAN BE BURNT BY THE ACID, this is ACTUALLY PROOVEN this may cause serious health problems for different kinds of people

there are so many other reasons that explain why gum chewing can be "hazourdous" to your health
in my opinion, i will chew gum anyway, even with knowing this BECASUE I AM A PERSON TOO
but it is still good to know the extreme side effects because, in a way you will be cautious wen thinking to chew gum

[Unregistered]

Gum helps me think and it helps me smell cool hahahhahahahhahhahahhahahahhhahhahahhahhahaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaahhahahhaa


why dont you get some actual facts that will support the fact that it makes you think. im doing a science project on this and could benefit from the results.

[Unregistered]

ADD is just an excuse for poor behavior.

no its not. if that was the case, then why would so many medical studies confirm it?? i happen to know someone who has ADD and its not just an excuse. he takes medicine and is getting better. that wouldn't happen if it was just an excuse. and that "i stayed at a holiday inn express last night" is SO overused if you ask me.

[Unregistered]

I think gum chewing should be allowed....if u allow it they wont have to hide it therefore it will stay in there math instead of the books....or tables...also it is proven that test results will improve....

here is a link to a girl who did a project on it!

http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2004/MirandaG.html


hey thanks, that link will come in handy for my science project. hope to get first place!!! :)

[Unregistered]

SWEET Dude GUM GUM GUM YUM YUM YUMMY GUMMY!!!!!!!!!


that says nothing at all!!! some of us are actually trying to use this site for our on good. we dont feel like reading stupid moronc comments!

[unregistered]

OKAY gum chewing has all its side effects
gum is both good and bad for you, but in my opinion, it is worse than people think it is...
first of all, some rare studies have shown that some theories are true, but nothingless, most other theories have NOT BEEN PROOVEN YET
i agree with whoever said that gum should not be allowed in schools
reason one: MOST STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO THROW THEIR GUM IN TRASH CANS, AND STICK IT UNDER DESKS AND SPIT IT ON THE FLOOR, this takes hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars per year to clean up all that gum, which is a TOTAL waste of money, which could be spent on important stuff
reason 2: CHEWING GUM CREATES A POWERFUL ACID IN YOUR STOMACH, THAT IT USED TO BURN FOOD WHEN YOU EAT, BUT WHEN PPL CHEW GUM, YOUR BRAIN DOESNT KNOW THAT THERE IS NO FOOD GOING IN YOUR STOMACH, IN CONCLUSION, YOUR STOMACH LINE CAN BE BURNT BY THE ACID, this is ACTUALLY PROOVEN this may cause serious health problems for different kinds of people

there are so many other reasons that explain why gum chewing can be "hazourdous" to your health
in my opinion, i will chew gum anyway, even with knowing this BECASUE I AM A PERSON TOO
but it is still good to know the extreme side effects because, in a way you will be cautious wen thinking to chew gum


ok what exactly do you mean that theories have not been proven? there have been actual scientists who have done experimentation and proven this in fact true. if you don't believe me, follow this link.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1870763.stm - 31k

yea there are pros and cons, however gum HAS been proven to increase brain stimuli and help kids do better on tests. thanks, however lets get some information DISPROVING this, before you state your opinion.

[Unregistered(geek squad)]

hey thanks for all the links that you guys posted on this site. i am doing a project for my state science competition and will hopefully benifit from all of the sites listed. some of you guys actually had good points that you stated. others were just annoying to read. i wish that this site could be used more to answer the question on hand, and not to argue with each other, with no facts being produced. if you just want to argue, join your schools debate team. 0teachers, there are ways to get the kids to chew gum, without putting it under the desks. its called disipline. don't punish everyone for something only a few people do. its pretty annoying. my school allows us to chew gum. and now i am doing an experiment on it, and will probably post the results i get, upon further research.

[Unregistered(geek squad)]

hey thanks for all the links that you guys posted on this site. i am doing a project for my state science competition and will hopefully benifit from all of the sites listed. some of you guys actually had good points that you stated. others were just annoying to read. i wish that this site could be used more to answer the question on hand, and not to argue with each other, with no facts being produced. if you just want to argue, join your schools debate team. 0teachers, there are ways to get the kids to chew gum, without putting it under the desks. its called disipline. don't punish everyone for something only a few people do. its pretty annoying. my school allows us to chew gum. and now i am doing an experiment on it, and will probably post the results i get, upon further research.

sorry i meant *benefit

[Unregistered]

gum helps your memory imporve and it also helps people with adhd pay attenion

[Unregistered]

Gum very much so helps kids on tests! Every teacher should try it some time!

[Unregistered]

i think gum could help kids that do have ADHD.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

a parental foot up the kiester would do better.

[Money$$$]

how does gum affect on kids while taking a test? Well click here to find out!!
wat do i click on??

[Unregistered]

I find it fascinating how teachers say the cons out weigh the pros. There is overwhelming evidence that the gum helps with students’ concentration and test sores (see other posts for links to research). The cons being that the teachers have to clean the desks, or get students to do it during detention. I had previously thought that a teacher’s number one priority was to teach the students as much as possible as effectively as possible. Apparently to some it is instead to do the governments requirements as easily as possible for themselves. For teachers who allow gum in their classrooms because they aren’t afraid to go the extra mile to make sure their students get the best education I salute you. To the teachers who follow simply worry about what extra work they have to do, may your students have fun torturing you in your own room. For when you take away things from children they revolt. The situation becomes and us against them. They will make your job much harder then taking gum off a few desks.

Basically

Kids chew gum=happy, better learning potential, nicer to teacher

No gum for kids=mad, worse at school, lack of interest because of poor performance, resentment for teachers due to their involvement in the restriction of gum

So in conclusion

Give ‘em Gum

[Unregistered]

I Agree!!!!!!!

omg! me2!!! gum is tha best ever!!!!

[Unregistered]

Gum DOES help students with school. It helps your memory. It has been tested and when you chew gum your heart rate speed up ever so slightly and that sends extra oxygen to your brain and therefor you have a better time remembering things. I know that it may be a distraction but if so than take the privalage away from that individual student and not all of them! It takes away a great way of helpig with grades and is not fair to the other students.

[Unregistered]

i addition to that (same person) gum can be hazardous in ways so instead of taking the privilage way alltogether just limit it! for example. Only let them use it during tests and make sure they throw it in the trash. At leat let them use it a reasonable times.

[Unregistered]

I did a science expirement on it and the results were amazing! If you're having trouble in a subject use gum it'll so help. Just by using it, some kid in my class got more than ten points higher on a test chewing gum, than without chewing gum! Now how cool is that?!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

10 points higher than what?

was it the same test twice?

Could it be that he maybe studied? :rolleyes:

[ROCK]

gum is proven by research that it helps improve up to 3/5's of our acedemic grades.
from a 60 to a 90.
30 percent.

[Unregistered]

yes it does help u it helps you consintrate better on wat you r doing

[Unregistered]

Yes, gum does help you do better on tests. Take the case of Dr. Kenneth Allen, whose latest findings indicate that we should perhaps overturn one of the most sacred laws of primary education: the prohibition on chewing gum in the classroom. Allen, a professor at N.Y.U.’s College of Dentistry, is an unlikely champion of Bazooka and Double Bubble, and yet he has recently shown, if inadvertently, that a pack-a-day chewing habit may help account for the difference between the honor roll and summer school.

I am writing a paper right now and i am doing it on gum and school and in my oppinion i think that it helps your brain remember things

[Unregistered]

you misspeled gum (gam)

[Unregistered]

Thanks for this information it really helps me with my paper

[Unregistered]

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard ... first of all you can substitute gum with candy and second gum is very dangerous as most gum contains aspartame and Phenylalanine ... mixing these two is very dangerous and even consuming them separated is dangerous, obviously these scientists you speak of do only psychological work.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

[Unregistered]

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard ... first of all you can substitute gum with candy and second gum is very dangerous as most gum contains aspartame and Phenylalanine ... mixing these two is very dangerous and even consuming them separated is dangerous, obviously these scientists you speak of do only psychological work.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

you are so smart aren't you, funny thing is, your wrong. sure, deadly toxins in "sugar free gum" are poison, if the gum isn't sugar free than its fine, because guess what. there is sugar in it, not splenda. so it isnt most gum. just sugar free gum. in addition to that they also make candy out of that poisonous sweetener so you kinda lose with that argument. unless of course you meant that they wouldn't stick the candy on the desks or anything. in which case you would still be wrong because kids would get bored of the candy take it out and place it somewhere, and it wouldn't just stick down, it would cement to the desk top

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Gum Should Be Aloud!

have another piece of gum for brain stimulation because the word you're looking for is "allowed"


It's because gum is "Aloud" disruption with gum popping that it isn't "allowed" in my class.



:rolleyes: Kids trying to add their 2 cents worth when we're not really concerned with it.:rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

chewing gum help you don't belive me. GOOGLE it

[Unregistered]

I don't know abut everyone else, but i think chewing gum does help improve concentration and therefore your test grades. I experimented with this once and found that i had a ten percent increase in grade for an algebra quiz. I'm currently still testing for further results. Based on my results, chuwing gum does help for studying and taking tests.

no chewing gum is real annoying when you hear people popping it and chewing like a cow so there for it does not help with concentration.

[Unregistered]

The less you nag kids about something, the fewer issues you will have. I allow my students to have snacks/drinks/gum in my class with the understanding that if trash is left on the floor, desks, classroom, anywhere other than the garbage can, the privilege will be revoked. I am an English teacher and anal about the care of my personal classroom library books. I have not had a single issue with this. My students are very attentive and hard-working. The ones that are failing usually do not have food with them anyway. Gum isn't an issue at all for me. I have never found it under desks, on the floor, etc. I don't really even notice kids chewing it. I find that if I don't walk around forcing kids to throw out their gum, they don't tend to defy me in that way...

Im a student that accedently got on this web site and i completly agree.. Not nagging students about things makes life less complacated and give the students the right to be responsable. As long as rules are based and threr is a disscution. \
Thanx, anonomus student

[sabby-rina]

gum helps speed up your heartbeats so it makes you more clever

[anaiza torres]

I don't know abut everyone else, but i think chewing gum does help improve concentration and therefore your test grades. I experimented with this once and found that i had a ten percent increase in grade for an algebra quiz. I'm currently still testing for further results. Based on my results, chuwing gum does help for studying and taking tests.

i do think its good well gum does help u when ur in school well to me it does help me alot cause i dont have to bite on my gums and well thats why it helps me i love chewing gum thats my opinion anaiza torres please write back

[Unregistered]

I'm also trying to convince our principal to let us chew gum during our STAR testing and thier are soo many sites that say chewing gum is scientifically proven to help you concentrate and raise test scores....theres also this really cool new gum they have...check it out at www.thinkgum.com

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so popular?

dont be mean to gum hobos

[Unregistered]

I am from a school that forbids gum bacause unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to consintrate. The shool that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to consitrate, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time consitrating, on task.

i dont have ADHD i have HDADD its just like ADHD i still have trouble foucusing on things but when i do it comes through crystal clear ;)

[Unregistered]

I actually heard that chewing gum helps improve your memory. And you teachers should know that the mint flavor of gum actually helps refresh your mind. Don't act like you know everything just because you're a teacher, so for christ's sake read the newspaper.right on! We should be able to chew gum. That's why I do it anyway!

[Unregistered]

Gum has always been popular . It does not help you get higher test scores. In all actuality it will distract you from taking the test because you'll be so worried on if it'll help you or not. Knowing the information will get you higher test scores. If gum does anything at all, it is solely based on the placebo effect.
you all are liers

[Unregistered]

It helps yu to concentrate better and be more focused to do better on a test

Gum is scientificly proven to rais your test marks by 20%

[Unregistered]

This forum is hilarious.

I'm hoping most of these people making up facts without any proof (information from gum ads does not count as proof) are being sarcastic. Well, even if they aren't it's still pretty funny.

How come the people that don't chew gum in my class get higher grades than those who do? And, why can't anyone who thinks that chewing gum stimulates your brain spell? (Sorry in advance if it's not your first language.)

[gumchewer123]

Gum does help you!I was chewing it today class and i was soo focused and i rembered alot of information the only time i got disturbed was when the a person kept coughing.

[Unregistered]

chewing gum distracts other students
no kidding

[Unregistered]

Yes, gum does help you do better on tests. Take the case of Dr. Kenneth Allen, whose latest findings indicate that we should perhaps overturn one of the most sacred laws of primary education: the prohibition on chewing gum in the classroom. Allen, a professor at N.Y.U.’s College of Dentistry, is an unlikely champion of Bazooka and Double Bubble, and yet he has recently shown, if inadvertently, that a pack-a-day chewing habit may help account for the difference between the honor roll and summer school.

I wouldn't have a problem with students chewing gum in class as long as I don't see it, hear it, smell it, or touch it, step on it, sit on it, well, you know.

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populareGum will unfortunately pose a distraction to the student classmates. Gum can keep you focussing on things like making bubbles and playing around with it, other than giving you an edge on your test scores. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Unregistered]

gum is good and it helps my students now all my students are hella smart and i let them chew gum in class

Wow, you sound like an immature mexican student.
Not a teacher...

[Unregistered]

Wow, you sound like an immature mexican student.
Not a teacher...

every teacher in the world is mean and very rude to students

[Unregistered]

i dont like when ppl are being very rude

[Unregistered]

Maybe teachers wouldn't be so "rude" to students if the students weren't so rude to them. If you want respect, then you need to show some first. And don't say the teacher needs to show respect to the student because respect shown from a teacher toward a student does not look the same as the respect a student needs to show. It's the same as a boss/worker relationship - you show respect to your boss by doing what they tell you to do and doing it to the best of your ability and they show you respect by being fair and being willing to take your comments and thoughts into consideration. That doesn't mean they will follow them, but just that they will listen. As for the gum thing - if you (the collective "you", meaning students) could handle the responsibility that comes with chewing gum, then I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't have any issues at all in being allowed to chew it.

[Reita13]

Our school actually put this theory to the test! The English teachers (4) agreed to "let" students chew gum in their classes for 3 weeks. The result? It didn't last a week! ALL the teachers were complaining about gum chewing (the students couldn't seem to "remember" to throw it away when they left the English class) AND we received an email from guess who? The maintenance supervisor--which basically said that gum was suddenly appearing "everywhere," under desks, in the carpet, on the tile in the halls, on walls, and in the football field turf (the ultimate crime) and to please help them get control of this problem. What I personally observed was 1) a lot more kids chewing gum, and 2) those kids were a lot less mannerly about chewing it (blowing bubbles, stretching it between their teeth, noisy chewing, etc). I didn't mind gum BEFORE the so-called experiment but I definitely have an issue with it NOW!

[Unregistered]

I'am doing my science fair project on this. and ive done alot of reasearch but all i get is the same anwser. like yes or no it distracting or im not allowed to chew gun in school.

[Unregistered]

The less you nag kids about something, the fewer issues you will have. I allow my students to have snacks/drinks/gum in my class with the understanding that if trash is left on the floor, desks, classroom, anywhere other than the garbage can, the privilege will be revoked. I am an English teacher and anal about the care of my personal classroom library books. I have not had a single issue with this. My students are very attentive and hard-working. The ones that are failing usually do not have food with them anyway. Gum isn't an issue at all for me. I have never found it under desks, on the floor, etc. I don't really even notice kids chewing it. I find that if I don't walk around forcing kids to throw out their gum, they don't tend to defy me in that way...


I worked as a substitute teacher for a high school course for about six weeks. My class period was the one right before lunch. I noticed that students were having difficulty with being focused on the course study as well as being quick to fly off the handle about insignificant issues. Most of my students had had gym class before my American History class. As a individual, I knew I WAS very hungry and felt physically weak and thought perhaps the students are suffering from low bloodsugar levels. I waviered the no snack and food policy, and required a very clean policy during snacking or the new policy would be revoked. Once the change was in place, I noticed bad attitudes were defunked, smiles replaced frowns, and student-to-student and student-to-teacher coorperation soared and so did grades! Students begged the principal to hire me full time. Of course, I had no idea this was happening [I was told about this later.] Scientifically, these students' bloodsugar levels were dropping and with that it is impossible for brain functioning to be optimal for learning and cooperation. Belligerance is a dangerous symptom of extremely low bloodsugar levels and some students had actuallyfainted in my class!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I worked as a substitute teacher for a high school course for about six weeks. My class period was the one right before lunch. I noticed that students were having difficulty with being focused on the course study as well as being quick to fly off the handle about insignificant issues. Most of my students had had gym class before my American History class. As a individual, I knew I WAS very hungry and felt physically weak and thought perhaps the students are suffering from low bloodsugar levels. I waviered the no snack and food policy, and required a very clean policy during snacking or the new policy would be revoked. Once the change was in place, I noticed bad attitudes were defunked, smiles replaced frowns, and student-to-student and student-to-teacher coorperation soared and so did grades! Students begged the principal to hire me full time. Of course, I had no idea this was happening [I was told about this later.] Scientifically, these students' bloodsugar levels were dropping and with that it is impossible for brain functioning to be optimal for learning and cooperation. Belligerance is a dangerous symptom of extremely low bloodsugar levels and some students had actuallyfainted in my class!

so basically, you couldn't control the class and decided, as a substitute, to ignore classroom and school policies and look the other way to win favor with the kids who were really in charge.

I sure wish there were more cops like you who choose to not enforce speed limits in order to become "the cool cop" :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

Move over, choco. We have a new alpha on this forum, much to our delight.
Read the posts from Instructorus Rex. Aww, too bad, choco.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I have read them, they are good, but Rex is still just a jedi in training :p

[Unregistered]

i agree with you

alright i did a test and it is proven that gum helps you get better grades when your chewing it .
-corrissa

[Unregistered]

yeah right.
i know alot of people agree with me a friend did it to and got the same thing i did.
now i am right it's proven

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

alright i did a test and it is proven that gum helps you get better grades when your chewing it .
-corrissa

I'm sure it was very scientific, unbiased and not slanted to fit your agenda at all.

[Unregistered]

Can chewing gum improve memory?
Chewing gum can improve memory, say UK psychologists.

They found that people who chewed throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory produced significantly better scores than people who did not.
But gum-chewing did not boost memory-linked reaction times, used as a measure of attention.

"These results provide the first evidence that chewing gum can improve long-term and working memory," says Andrew Scholey of the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, UK.
"There are a number of potential explanations - but they are all very speculative."

One third of the 75 adults tested chewed gum during the 20-minute battery of memory and attention tests.
One third mimicked chewing movements, and the remainder did not chew.

The gum-chewers' scores were 24 per cent higher than the controls' on tests of immediate word recall, and 36 per cent higher on tests of delayed word recall.
They were also more accurate on tests of spatial working memory.

"The findings are intriguing, although it is clear that questions remain to be addressed," says Kim Graham of the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, UK. "In particular: what is the mechanism by which chewing improves memory?"

Chewing it over
There are three main potential explanations, says Scholey.
In March 2000, Japanese researchers showed that brain activity in the hippocampus, an area important for memory, increases while people chew - but it is not clear why.

Recent research has also found that insulin receptors in the hippocampus may be involved in memory.
"Insulin mops up glucose in the bloodstream and chewing causes the release of insulin, because the body is expecting food.
If insulin receptors in the brain are involved in memory, we may have an insulin-mediated mechanism explaining our findings - but that is very, very speculative," Scholey says.

But there could be a simpler answer.
"One interesting thing we saw in our study was that chewing increased heart rate. Anything that improves delivery of things like oxygen in the brain, such as an increased heart rate, is a potential cognitive enhancer to some degree," he says.

But a thorough explanation for the findings will have to account for why some aspects of memory improved but others did not, Graham says.
She points out that gum-chewers' ability to quickly decide whether complex images matched images they had previously been shown was no better than the controls'.

Scholey presented his research at the annual meeting of the British Psychological Society in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.

14:30 13 March 2002
NewScientist.com news service
Emma Young, Blackpool

[Unregistered]

Chew your way to a better brain


Chewing any type of gum stimulates brain activity

Chewing gum may help to make people smarter by improving memory and brain performance, research suggests.
In tests, scientists found the ability to recall remembered words improved by 35% among people who chewed gum.

However, contrary to popular belief, they say it does not aid concentration.

The scientists from the University of Northumbria, in Newcastle upon Tyne, cannot explain why memory is affected, but are working on two theories.



Maybe evolution provided this mechanism for completely different reasons and this rather bizarre habit of chewing gum is tapping into them

Dr Andrew Scholey, psychologist
One is that chewing raises the heart beat, which causes more oxygen and nutrients to be pumped into the brain.

The other is that it triggers the production of insulin, which stimulates a part of the brain involved in memory.

Dr Andrew Scholey, who carried out the study, said: "When you chew, the body releases insulin, which is probably a conditioned response that occurs in anticipation of a meal.

"We know the brain contains receptors for insulin, molecular docking points that bind onto the insulin molecule.

"Although their function isn't well-known, we know they are fairly densely packed in the hippocampus which is crucial for memory."

Three groups of 25 volunteers took part in the study and were divided into non, real and "sham" chewers .

Imaginary gum

One group chewed gum, a second group sat in a quiet room without chewing, while a third "sham" group was asked to pretend to chew with nothing in their mouths.

Prior to undergoing the 25-minute test, the two chewing groups spent three minutes working their real or imaginary gum around their mouths.

The tests included questions relating to short-term memory, such as recalling words and pictures, and so-called working memory, for example the ability to retain a person's telephone number.

He said the heart rate of the real chewers after the tests was three beats per minute faster than the non-chewers, and 1.5 beats per minute faster than the "sham" chewers.

The "sham" group generally performed better than the "quiet room" group.

Dr Scholey said working memory was also significantly improved by chewing, but not to the same extent as long-term memory.

Everyday life

Trying to assess why chewing has such an impact on the human body may be in our genes, says Dr Scholey.

He said: "Maybe evolution provided this mechanism for completely different reasons and this rather bizarre habit of chewing gum is tapping into them."

The team is now looking to see whether chewing gum has an impact on memory in every day life.

The researchers are testing people's ability to put names to faces and remember shopping lists and tasks that have to be done.

Some campaigners are concerned that certain types of chewing gum contain the artificial sweeter aspartame, which has been linked to brain conditions.

BBC News
Wednesday, 13 March, 2002, 15:16 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1870763.stm

[Unregistered]

you all are dumb....
why dont you just get your lazy butts up and study.......


BUMS!

[Unregistered ali]

research shows that mental tasks are completed 20% effectively when we chew gum

[Unregistered]

uhh aren't you suppose to be helping with the gum cause? Instead of saying gay things like toliet paper monster!! My class too a test of all the people that did a same score on a test. Half did a test with gum the others did not. The ones with gum got As the others highest was a B a c and two ds. The the groups traded the group that had gum didn't ann the other that didn't now did and it w as As for gum team an B, C, D an F for other team... SO SAY YES TO GUMMM

[Arvel Mic]

If you drink coffee while studying, drink a cup right before a test. If you smoke, have a cigarette prior. If you chew gum, chew gum. Worked for me and many others in college. I also found this to work well as a staff nurse in hospital. If I was having a busy night, with high patient acuity and little time to waste prioritizing a quick cup of tea or stick of gum did help me regain the organization skills that chaos can interfer with.

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[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

If you drink coffee while studying, drink a cup right before a test. If you smoke, have a cigarette prior. If you chew gum, chew gum. Worked for me and many others in college. I also found this to work well as a staff nurse in hospital. If I was having a busy night, with high patient acuity and little time to waste prioritizing a quick cup of tea or stick of gum did help me regain the organization skills that chaos can interfer with.

Sugarless Chewing Gum (http://www.buyzapp.com)

I agree, if a kid needs a cigarette to calm his nerves before a test, I see no harm in that . :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

Children should not be engaging in pseudoscience:

Tucha et al. (2004) not only failed to reproduce improvements on cognitive function, but suggested that gum can actually have adverse effects on cognition:

“The results showed that the chewing of gum did not improve participants’ memory functions. Furthermore, chewing may differentially affect specific aspects of attention. While sustained attention was improved by the chewing of gum, alertness and flexibility were adversely affected by chewing. In conclusion, claims that the chewing of gum improves cognition should be viewed with caution.”

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Maier, K., et al. (2004). Chewing gum differentially affects aspects of attention in healthy subjects. Appetite, 42(3), 327-329.

Does this show chewing gum definitively does not help? No -- but what it does is indicate it's an open question, and any effect size is probably not large.

[Unregistered]

Chewing gum makes you more alert. As long as your not smacking you chops and blowing bubbles it should not distract anyone. It brings alertness to the person whom is chewing the gum which makes you more aware the questions and answers that you are putting down. Which is why the military chews it. The movemet of you jaw alone is enought to keep you awake. As long as the student has studied the will score better.

[Unregistered]

wutever yal are just grumpy old farts who wanna take away fun from kids
GUM IS FREAKIN AWESOME
and it would help because if we had it we wouldn't have to be worried about asking people for it we would only have to focus on the test or assignment at hand
IM JUS SAYIN ...





P.S. IM NOT ILITERATE I JUST DONT LIKE WRITING ALL FORMALISH...

[Unregistered]

Gum does too help on tests. at my school, you're not able to have gum. the only reason you're not allowed to have gum, is because people are so scared of getting caught, so they put it all over! i have it ALL theeee time! and i do think it helps, one time, i had a science test, and that morning my mom went to get me gum, and i got an a+, my mom was soooo exicted! because normally i'm not an A student, so the next test, i didn't have any gum, and i got a C. GUM DOES HELP(:

[Unregistered]

NO! kid's aren't obnoctous and rude to teachersss!
the teachers, are just fart heads and wanna talk away all the FUNN.
i saw we get rid of teacherss!
lol. (:

[gum does help]

yes they do because gum does help improve memory. They really shouldn't ban it from schools because it helps relax students before tests and it also helps us remember things better. I chew it on every test and i normally get A's. I go to a magnet school I'm an A-B student, soon to be strait A. Gum helps me focus and relax during tests.

[Unregistered]

when about to go down on someone your supposed to take out your gum and put in on the chair. Also, im a gay faggit named Rebbeca. I post kinky videos about my kinky sex with my kinky cat loving bff w/ benefits

[Unregistered]

NO! kid's aren't obnoctous and rude to teachersss!
the teachers, are just fart heads and wanna talk away all the FUNN.
i saw we get rid of teacherss!
lol. (:

Just wait until you are an adult. You will be "obnoctous" x2. I hope you are murdered.

[Unregistered]

Ok, maybe for some students, but not for all. Quite frankly I believe it's a litttle bit of a long shot to say it's going to say improve a students tests. I mean It seems to me just another way for the teacher's, student's, and parent's not to take responsibilty for the conquences. Next thing you know some parent will sue a school because they didn't allow there child to have gum while taking the PSSA's. Come on people, lets get back to basics shall we?????

[Unregistered]

kids who chew gum during class talk less so less distractin

[thomaschoapne]

i need info

[Unregistered]

i think we should be allowed to chew gum becase it makes you smarter and also because i already have 360 lines and my techer only goes up by ten

[Unregistered]

how does gum help you get higher test scores and why is it so populare

Chewing gum does not "literally" get you higher test scores. The idea behind chewing gum is to relax the test taker; to relieve tension. When I was in high school (45 years ago) our typing teacher always gave us gum to chew during class because she said, "it saved wear and tear on her typewriters." The purpose of the gum is to relax the student and hopefully relieve some anxiety and in turn maybe help improve test scores.

[Unregistered]

We had our science fair today and one of my students decided to test if gum really helps. Turns out, not only does it help with memorizing things but it also makes students preform better on math tests, even if they didn't have gum while studying.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I'm sure there was no bias in that research :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

As a Technology Education Teacher at a Middle School with students trying to prove that gum chewing is good, I can understand how some of the arguments could be valid, but I have not seen any good evidence from this blog that would convince me to make the switch in my classroom. Where is the proof? Where is the evidence? Give me a link to the "scientific studies". As soon as this evidence exists, from at least 3 reputable sources stating the same information, then my students can e-mail me this link again and I will reconsider the switch.
Thanks for the thought ts!

[adams001]

Chewing stimulates our brain. It pumps our brain when we chew the gum. It keeps us active and smarter. It improves our memory power and concentration power. Students who have the habit of chewing gum will be talented in mathematics. When we chew the movement we do produces oxygen to our brain. An experiment also done about this topic in http://www.brainhealthandpuzzles.com/chewing_gum_stimulates_the_brain.html
If you wish please visit this site and get more information about it.

Brainhealthandpuzzles - Chewing Gum Stimulates the Brain (http://www.brainhealthandpuzzles.com/chewing_gum_stimulates_the_brain.html)

[Unregistered]

I am from a school that forbids gum bacause unresponsible students, put it on the floor or under the desk. Studies all over the this great nation that we live in say that gum helps you to consintrate. The shool that i go to is full of people with ADD and ADHD. Even my principal has ADD. So since gum helps you to consitrate, then i think its ok. It keeps those who have a hard time consitrating, on task.

No assistance with spelling though? Guess not!!!

[Unregistered]

[QUOTE=Unregistered;2223]The less you nag kids about something, the fewer issues you will have. I allow my students to have snacks/drinks/gum in my class with the understanding that if trash is left on the floor, desks, classroom, anywhere other than the garbage can, the privilege will be revoked. I am an English teacher and anal about the care of my personal classroom library books. I have not had a single issue with this. My students are very attentive and hard-working. The ones that are failing usually do not have food with them anyway. Gum isn't an issue at all for me. I have never found it under desks, on the floor, etc. I don't really even notice kids chewing it. I find that if I don't walk around forcing kids to throw out their gum, they don't tend to defy me in that way...[/QUOete

I agree, i do the same with my students and never have i had a problem with them about chewing gum.

[shubh]

This is not the time to follow age old customs, though I have never tried this but don’t see any problem in allowing the students to chew during class, if it increases their concentration.

[Unregistered]

i totalli agree cuz imma teacher ya dig