Forbes – Carmen Nobel
“On average, students perform best on tests at the start of the school day. And for every hour later in the day, their tests scores decrease. Why? Because they suffer from cognitive fatigue. In other words, their brains get tired. However, test scores do increase slightly when students get to take a short break immediately before taking a test. These are among the key findings of a new study, “Cognitive fatigue influences students’ performance on standardized tests.””(more)