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Title: | Academic discipline as a moderating variable between seating location and academic performance : implications for teaching | Authors: | Chan, KL Chin, DCW Wong, MS Kam, R Chan, BSB Liu, CH Wong, FKK Suen, LKP Yang, L Lam, SC Lai, WWL Zhu, X |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Source: | Higher education research & development, 2022, v. 41, no. 5, p. 1436-1450 | Abstract: | Previous research on university students’ academic performance indicates that students’ seating locations can be an indicator of their academic performance. However, previous research on the relationship between university students’ seating locations and their academic performance is mixed, and there is a lack of research about whether students’ academic discipline moderates this relationship. This study addresses this gap in the literature through a study of 182 university students in Hong Kong. Biglan categorization was used to classify disciplines into soft (a low degree of consensus) and hard fields (a high degree of consensus). The results revealed that students from soft fields who sat at the front of a class performed better than their counterparts who sat at the back, while the performance of students from hard fields was not significantly influenced by their seating location. This article’s findings suggest that classroom seating arrangements should be tailored to academic disciplines to maximize their efficacy and that universities should redesign classroom layouts to extend the experience of sitting at the front of a class to all students. | Keywords: | Academic disciplines Academic performance Biglan categorization IBeacon/BLE technology Seating location |
Publisher: | Routledge | Journal: | Higher education research & development | ISSN: | 0729-4360 | EISSN: | 1469-8366 | DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2021.1928000 | Rights: | © 2021 HERDSA This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Higher Education Research & Development on 7 Jun 2021 (Published online), available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07294360.2021.1928000. |
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