When the row predicts the grade: Differences in marketing students' performance as a function of seating location

Veterans in Classrooms: Post Traumatic Stress, Seating Preferences, and Achievement

“…Finally, previous studies led to a prediction that there would be a relationship between seating preferences and student grade point average (Pichierri & Guido, 2016;Shernoff et al, 2017;Zomorodian et al, 2012). In agreement with previous studies, students who had never deployed and preferred seats closer to the back of the room had slightly lower grade point averages.…”

“…Also, they found that sitting on the sides of the classroom was less advantageous academically com-pared to the middle of the class. Similar effects have been found across many subsequent studies (Pichierri & Guido, 2016;Shernoff et al, 2017;Zomorodian et al, 2012). However, evidence seems to be more mixed concerning the mechanism behind this effect.…”

“…However, quantitative research to date has not investigated this particular issue with this population. Previous studies have investigated how seating preferences may affect other factors associated with (and including) academic performance (Becker et al, 1973;Pichierri & Guido, 2016;Shernoff et al, 2017;Zomorodian et al, 2012) and which factors may predict seating preferences (Losonczy-Marshall & Marshall, 2013).…”

The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: the role of individual variables

“…Insights into the influential role that seating arrangement can have on students’ cognitive performance derived from studies investigating learning skills in association with the habitual seating location of an individual in the classroom (Marshall & Losonczy-Marshall, 2010 ; Perkins & Wieman, 2005 ). In one of these studies, Pichierri and Guido ( 2016 ) longitudinally followed five marketing classes attended by young adults, exploring students’ achievement in terms of grades. They found that students in the front rows achieved the highest grades and that the individuals’ levels of shyness moderated the relationship between achievement and position.…”

The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: The role of individual variables

“…Insights into the in uential role that seating arrangement can have on students' cognitive performance derived from studies investigating learning skills in association with the habitual seating location of an individual in the classroom (Marshall and Losonczy-Marshall 2010;Perkins and Wieman 2005). In one of these studies, Pichierri and Guido (2016) longitudinally followed ve marketing classes attended by young adults, exploring students' achievement in terms of grades. They found that students in the front rows achieved the highest grades and that the individuals' levels of shyness moderated the relationship between achievement and position.…”