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Lefties should be particularly vigilant about the chairs/desks. I've heard stories about them having to take long tests on right-handed flip-up deskettes; a true nightmare. I know the registration forms for my grad comps asked lefties to identify themselves, because almost all of the seats in the auditorium had right-hand deskettes. They brought in as many extra lefty ones as they needed. Is there a similar question on SAT registrations?I have got to find time to write a quick post on working memory.
I believe that the "transmission mechanism" from right-hand desks for left-hand test-takers to reduced performance is working memory blowout.
And see: death by calculator. Death by calculator is a case of working memory blowout.
(The real-world term for working memory blowout problems is cognitive load theory.)
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"Lefties should be particularly vigilant about the chairs/desks."
It's a right-wing plot.
oh my gosh - I just read this and burst out laughing
I am a lefty, and those right-hand desks in long tests (or long classes) make my back hurt like stink.
I have also been accused of "cheating" on more than two occasions because I was facing the work of the person to the right -- who sat down AFTER I carefully selected a seat with two empty spaces to my right.
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