Bubble tests take on new meaning
When my sons were in school, they were fed“superdonuts” on test days to boost test scores. Now kids are supposed to chew gum for better test scores.I first read this in a column by Tribune writer John Keilman, who reported that his children’s Chicago-area school recommended sending them to school with gum and mints on test days. In an earlier article on the same subject, he found that
in a study funded by the Wrigley Science Institute, nutrition professor Craig Johnston found a link between gum chewing and better performance among eighth-grade math students. Johnston, who works at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine, couldn’t say exactly why that happened, though he noted that some studies have suggested that chewing increases blood flow to the prefrontal cortex.Geez, I didn’t even know there was a Wrigley Science Institute.
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