how gum helps you

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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!

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.

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 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.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

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

gum helps your memory and gets you concentrating.

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.