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The Results Show

The Results Show. AP Psych Survey results. Survey Results. Students overwhelmingly believe Abe Lincoln would win a fight against George Washington; also, they report they’d rather be attacked by a big bear than a swarm of bees.

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The Results Show

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  1. The Results Show AP Psych Survey results

  2. Survey Results • Students overwhelmingly believe Abe Lincoln would win a fight against George Washington; also, they report they’d rather be attacked by a big bear than a swarm of bees. • Upperclassmen use social media twice as much as underclassmen. • Teacher’s favorite superhero: Batman! POW! SHAZAM! • Seniors report doing their homework half the time while freshmen overwhelmingly report always doing their assigned homework. • Students’ favorite class does not necessarily mean higher performance in that class. • 7% of CHS students listen to classical music regularly. • Female teachers report a stronger desire to teach underclassmen while male teachers tend to desire to teach upperclassmen. • Male juniors spend more time outdoors and less time playing video games than sophomores.

  3. Survey Results • 30% of teachers report creating art to relieve stress; 17% watch TV. • No correlation exists between self-identified social group and music preference. • Overall happiness and quality of relationships both positively correlate with number of acquaintances. • Male seniors report noticing looks first, then other traits, by a 2:1 margin. Male freshmen are opposite. • 90% of teachers say that what they are teaching is vital to students’ futures; 37% of students agree. • Teachers of standard classes spend the most time per day grading; AP teachers, the least. • Girls report cheating more than guys (only slightly though). • Teachers prefer glasses (61%) to contacts (39%); 70% of faculty require corrected vision.

  4. Survey Results • The group of teachers who use social media the most are females with kids. • Juniors and seniors report distractions while driving in the following order: 1) phone; 2) loud music; 3) friends in the car. • 56% of students prefer an earlier start/finish to the school day; top reason – more study time. • 2/3 of our students have politics aligned with their parents. • Boys and girls are equally good at math, when measured by grade earned. • Teachers who grew up with misbehaving siblings are more likely to desire teaching older students. • Social media preferences: • Students – 1) 40% Instagram; 2) 30% Twitter; 3) 20% Other; 4) 10% Facebook • Teachers – 1) 74% Facebook; 2) 26% Other; 3) 0% Twitter; 4) 0% Instagram • Only 25% of CHS staff prefers school uniforms for students, but 60% say it would be less distracting. In another study, 60% of teachers say they prefer uniforms. ???

  5. Survey Results • Among seniors, a slight positive correlation was found between money spent on entertainment and self-confidence. • Playing an instrument has no correlation with GPA, nor does the number of instruments played. (Interesting note: 2/3 of our musicians play more than one instrument.) • 69% of seniors still hang out with at least one friend from middle school. • 92% of teachers took the course they currently teach while in high school or college. • 36% of seniors said the University of Florida was their first college choice. Among AP students, 60% said UF was their first choice. • 67% of teachers say girls work hardest; 30% say each gender works equally hard. • 86% of teachers did not plan to teach right out of college. • 10% of freshmen use the spacing effect regularly. 36% never use it. • 30% of seniors identified country music as their preference; 45% of seniors listen to 1-2 hours of music per day.

  6. Survey Results • The number of colleges applied to does not correlate with GPA, but it does correlate with socio-economic class. • 85% of teachers plan to teach until retirement, even if teaching wasn’t “plan A.” • 20% of teachers think PDA is not handled well at CHS. 40% say it is. • An overwhelming majority of teachers prefer traditional over virtual textbooks. • Upperclassmen are allowed to go to the bathroom during class with greater freedom than underclassmen. • Upperclassmen are more likely to take academic electives. (However, more are available to upperclassmen.) • The most popular age for a first kiss is 13. One-third of our students report not having their first kiss yet. • Students who listen to rap music report the greatest impact of music on improving mood.

  7. Survey Results • Girls’ varsity soccer reports an average of 6.7 hours of sleep per night. • The most highly optimistic sophomores tend to sleep in the middle of the bed. (So, the “right” side of the bed is NEITHER – the middle is best!) • A slight positive correlation was found between GPA and involvement in an extracurricular activity. • GPA is highest among students who listen to country, pop, and alternative. • The more rigorous the class the less likely a student is to believe copying homework is unethical. • Juniors and Seniors report wanting to leave campus for lunch, but do not want an extra 30 minutes added to the school day in order to accommodate a longer lunch.

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