Sleeping a lot helps students achieve better results

If the study period starts later, students will get more sleep and their academic results will increase.

According to a newly published study, the start of late learning can help some disadvantaged students get higher grades. This result reinforces the perception that adults are making children wake up too early.

Sleep experts have long reported that teenagers tend to wake up late and need to sleep about 10 hours per night, compared to about 8 hours in adults. Therefore, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that early learning time is a problem for public health, affecting academic success.

Sleeping a lot will help students achieve better results.(Photo: Florida Prepaid College).

A study recently published in Science Advances magazine, scientists at the University of Washington monitored student sleep time at Seattle's high schools before and after the start of the session. from 7:50 am to 8:30 am.

Using wristbands to monitor activities, they found that the later learning time allowed them to get more sleep , unlike many who still thought their children would stay up more late when they had time. Not only that, students who are economically disadvantaged also achieve higher scores and fewer absences.

Time to start learning is becoming a question of public policy in the United States. Legislators in California state have enacted legislation requiring schools not to start before 8:30 am. However, the government finally vetoed this bill and said it should be left to schools to decide.

For any school, changing school hours will cause major disturbances. When the time to start learning later, the schedule of teachers, parents, transportation services must also change. Therefore, it is necessary to know how important the change is.

Scientists have entered. They work with teachers and students at two different high schools in Seattle. There were 92 students from 2 classes participating in the experiment, they were wearing a wrist watch ring for 2 weeks. A year later, when school time began to change, the trial was repeated with 88 students in two classes of the same age group.

The results showed that, on average, the students slept more than 34 minutes per night since the start of the study period later. They also reported less sleepiness and more alertness. Most importantly, the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students have increased by 4.5% compared to before. At the same time, this group of children is no longer in the situation of being late and absent than the group of children with good economic conditions like before changing the time.

According to scientists, it is easy to explain the fact that students who get more sleep are less likely to feel sleepy, but with increased learning results it is difficult to clarify. However, it is certain that students who have a better rest, more alert will be able to achieve better academic results .