Instructor

. . . the results of this study well document that the most important factor affecting student learning is the
teacher. In addition, the results show wide variation in effectiveness among teachers. The immediate and clear
implication of this finding is that seemingly more can be done to improve education by improving the effectiveness of
teachers than by any other single factor. Effective teachers appear to be effective with students of all achievement
levels, regardless of the level of heterogeneity in their classrooms.

(Wright, S. P., Horn, S. P., & Sanders, W. L. (1997). Teacher and classroom context effects on student achievement:
Implications for teacher evaluation. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 11, 5767, p. 63.)

While the numbers help to summarize the cumulative academic effects of less effective teachers, we can
only imagine the sense of failure and hopelessness that these children and their parents experienced during the
years in these classrooms. Undoubtedly, the children wondered what was wrong with them when, in reality, it was the
quality of their instruction. A common yet misguided bit of folk wisdom has been that adversity, in the guise of an
ineffective teacher, builds character and that a student can catch up the following year. The research indicates
otherwise.

Research . . . has demonstrated the effects of teachers on student achievement. They [the researchers]
show that there are large additional components in the longitudinal effects of teachers, that these effects are much
larger than expected, and that the least effective teachers have a long-term influence on student achievement that is
not fully remediated for up to three years later.

(Mendro, 1998, p. 261)

Facility resources
Multiple stimuli present in the visual field at the same time compete for neural representation
by mutually suppressing their evoked activity throughout visual cortex, providing a neural correlate for
the limited processing capacity of the visual system.
Or, to paraphrase in non-neuroscience jargon: When your environment is cluttered, the chaos restricts
your ability to focus. The clutter also limits your brains ability to process information. Clutter makes
you distracted and unable to process information as well as you do in an uncluttered, organized, and
serene environment.

(Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New
Jersey 08544, USA)

INTRAPERSONAL

you may notice that some employees seem less productive and reliable than usual. They may call in sick or
arrive late to work often, have more accidents or just seem less interested in work. These individuals may be
suffering from a very real and common illness called clinical depression.

Depression can affect your workers productivity, judgment, ability to work with others, and overall job
performance. The inability to concentrate fully or make decisions may lead to costly mistakes or accidents.

(http://www.valueoptions.com/suicide_prev/html%20pages/How%20Depression%20Affects%20the%20
Workplace.htm)