Attractive female students got lower grades during remote learning: study

“When we see an attractive person, we assign them some characteristics that they may not actually possess, such as intelligence,” a Swedish researcher said.

“The main takeaway is that there is a beauty premium, both for males and for females, when teaching is on-site,” said Adrian Mehic, graduate student at Sweden’s Lund University and author of the study.

In remote classes that depended on speaking, reports and projects, attractive female students got worse grades than they did in person.Data was pulled from five separate groups of engineering students in Sweden, rated on their attractiveness by an independent group of 74 graders. But when the courses were taught online, the grades of attractive females dropped. Attractive male students — who, according to PsyPost, “tend to be more persistent and have a greater influence on their peers” — suffered no such setback.

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