Test with VR-glasses: In the first series you learn better

students learn a tübingen study shows that in the first row in the class room better than in the last series. This was shown in a specially for the Experiment created in the virtual classroom, shared with the graduate school and the research network, LEAD at the University of Tübingen on Thursday.

The students had about Virtual Reality glasses experienced the same teaching situation, either from a seat near the teacher or from the last row. “After the common lesson in mathematics in Virtual class room, the pupils of the front seat solved mathematics tasks, rows faster than the back row,” said researcher Friederike flower.

Now, the consequences of this insight are for the real class rooms. This could include the teacher moving throughout the lesson in the class room or the Seating arrangement of the students during a school year, regularly change.

proximity to the teacher helps

According to the study, all students benefited equally from the close proximity to the teacher. Contrary to expectations, the effects were in children with attention and behavior difficulties for the other children. If you need further assistance, such a targeted approach, so that you might easier to learn.

In the study, a total of 81 boys and girls from fifth and sixth classes had, mainly from high schools, participated. The results are published in the journal “Learning and Instruction”.