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Submitted To: Professor Dr. A.I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed Chairman Department of Sociology University of Dhaka
Submitted By: Tanvir Ahmed Khan Tanu BBA 18th (A) ZR-06
Table of Contents
Abstract . 1.
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Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Objective of the Study ......................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Key Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Hypothesis ........................................................................................................................... 5 2. Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Participants.......................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Materials and Procedure...................................................................................................... 6 3. 4. 5. Findings ............................................................................................................................... 6 Observation ....................................................................................................................... 10 Discussion and Conclusion ................................................................................................. 11
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Reference . Appendix 1 .
A behavioral study
Tanvir Ahmed Khan Tanu
Abstract: The study seeks to identify the relationship between student seating preference within the classroom and academic performance. Data was collected from 56 2nd year BBA students of IBA, Dhaka University through questionnaire survey. The result showed there is an inverse relation between sitting in the back seats and CGPA. However, the direction of inverse relation is not incrementally linear. Key words: Sitting preference, CGPA, front benchers, back benchers.
1. Introduction:
Instructors often advise poor performing students to sit up front. Moreover, there is a common belief that students sitting in the front are better performers than backbenchers. Yet, does this
routinely given suggestion affect grades as expected? The author investigates whether sitting in front of the class increases the chance of having good grade points. The study was carried out on 3rd semester Students of BBA program of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.
1.3 Hypothesis:
Front benchers get better grades than back benchers.
2. Methodology:
2.1 Participants:
56 BBA students in 2nd semester of IBA participated in a questionnaire survey. Participation was voluntary, non-paid and anonymous.
3. Findings:
The distribution of participants is shown in Table 1.
Front Left 4
Front Center 7
Front right 3
Front Total 14
Middle left 4
Middle center 8
Middle right 9
Middle Total 21
Back left 14
Back center 5
Back right 2
Back Total 21
Left Total 22
Center Total 20
Right Total 14
Total 56
4. Observation:
Table 2 analysis indicates that back benchers average grade of 3.3 is lower than that of front benchers 3.7 and middle benchers 3.6. Average CGPA of Backbenchers is also slightly lower than the overall average CGPA of 3.5. Both observations from Table 2 indicate that front benchers get better grades than back benchers in general. Table 3 reveals that while back benchers average CGPA is lower than overall average, highest CGPA recorded for back row is as high as 3.85. Observation from Table 3 indicates that a back bencher does not necessarily have to be a poor performer and some backbenchers may outperform most middle and front benchers.
References
1. http://dus.psu.edu/handbook/grades.html 2. Stires, L. (1980). Classroom seating location, student grades, and attitudes: Environment or Self-selection? Environment and Behavior, 12(2), 241-254.
Q1: What is your current CGPA? Q2: Where do you habitually sit in class? (chose one) o o o o o o o o o Front rows left Front rows center Front rows right Middle rows left Middle rows center Middle rows right Back benches left Back benches center Back benches right.