does chewing gum makes your brain think smarter?

does chewing gum makes your brain think smarter well i want to know for my research

Some research points to chewing gum makes a student more alert. It seems to raise the heartbat 3 or so beats per minute, increasing the oxygen supply to the brain. It also increases the glucose level, making the student more alert. Also the rhythemic chewing also increases attention.

thanks.

i copied and pasted that statement and i shall show my teachers. MWAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH NOW WHO'S LAUGHING?!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

ok, this thread here proves I am not a mod as by this point (thread # what? 5? about gum chewing), I would have axed them all but 1.

You know, I will say, because of all of these stupid threads, responses (by supporters of gum in class), I am actually going to crack down harder next year on gum.

This topic has been chewed to death----not another gum thread!! What more is there to say?

[Mr. H]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Some research points to chewing gum makes a student more alert. It seems to raise the heartbat 3 or so beats per minute, increasing the oxygen supply to the brain. It also increases the glucose level, making the student more alert. Also the rhythemic chewing also increases attention.

WHERE??? I've heard the rumor but have yet to see anything on paper... just gum under desks and on the sidewalk.

[StuTeacher23]

CHEWING GUM ESSAY-

Chewing gum has been for pleasure, but new research states that gum might improve memory. But what are teacher's take on this idea nad having gum in school?

New scientific research from NewScientist.com states that gum may improve memory. "These results provide long-term and working memory," as quoted from Andrew Scholey of the University of Northumbria in Newcastly, UK. Seventy-five adults were used to conduct a test. One third of those 75 adults chewed gum for 20 minutes during the memory test. The other remaining adults didn't chew gum. The result: The gum chewers' scores were 24% higher than the scores of the non-gum chewers'. What do teachers and people in school's think about the gum in the classroom and school?

Posts on the Teachnology Teacher Message Board and Forum have many replies to the topic of "Gum Chewing Repeat Offenders." Among these posts, the message of students and teachers are very clear. Students' want to be able to chew gum while teachers' are against the whole idea. The students' argument is that of the new reasearch on improving memory and teacher's argument is gum always becomes a distraction and students ruin school property by sticking their gum to it. Among all these theories and arguments, many improvements and errors are present.

All of these theories and arguments arrise many errors. When conductiong a scientific reasearch test, a sample of 75 adults is not enough. To understand and to identify lucid results, a larger sample of 250+ Adults must be used. Additionally, different types of gum could be used and the controlled, responding, and manipulated variables are not clearly defined. What students need to realize is that this study was using a sample of Adults, not children, thus their argument isn't valid. Gum might not help children at all academically, and quite frankly, if student's didn't know what they needed to know for the test before because they didn't study, what is going to make them suddenly remember now?

Within all these different sides of the story, one generalazation can be made. Gum might help improve memory, but it still is a major distraction and can damage school property.

Bickering back and forth with Chocolate New Orleans is a waste of time. There is as much diversity in teachers as in anything else. After 35 years i have learned that it takes all kinds to make up the world of education...to match the "all kinds" that make up the student world. I would not want to be in Chocolate's classes myself, but I have known students at my school who should be. When he learns to blend the traditional view of teaching with the best of the "new" theories and makes them his own (with a modicum of compassion), he won't sound as much like an escapee from the local mental institution as a no bulls--- teacher. Now, can we use this site for truly helpful purposes as opposed to kids fighting on the playground?

[StuTeacher23]

1. BE MORE FRIENDLY
2. GET OVER LAME JOKES
3. STICK TO THE TOPIC
4. DON'T BE A JERK
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See where I am going....?

[gleeming]

I have heard the same theory about peppermints during test taking as well. My husband passes them out before his tests because of the supposed research studies. Perhaps it is a placebo, but he says it works.

I have no idea.

-Jennifer