The Peppermint scented room also had a significantly smaller amount of words recalled when compared to the no - odor control. As the education community continually tries to determine what contributes to academic success, the psychology community has conducted studies on the different personality traits that are correlated with academic success. Previous research has suggested that there are five classifications of traits that show individual differences in personality, known as the Big Five. One of those in particular, conscientiousness, has been shown to have a positive correlation with high academic achievement. We anticipate that the results of the data will follow previous research in that conscientiousness and GPA will positively correlate.
Most college students pride themselves on the small amounts of sleep that they get every night.
Over the past two and a half years, data has been collected from 388 undergraduate students on the amount of sleep that they get and their alertness levels in class over a two-week period. When these data are analyzed, it turns out that students are getting an average of about 7.25 hours of sleep on weekday nights and 7.75 hours of sleep on weekend nights. However, when asked to estimate the amount of sleep that they got every night, students underestimated the total hours. The average alertness during an afternoon class is 3.74 on a 5-point scale. This study focused on the relationship of teaching style to students learning style and their academic success.