In today’s fast-paced, highly competitive world, sleep deficit or deprivation is no longer something new among high school or college students. In fact, many students wear lack of sleep like a badge of honor, but armed with the knowledge they got from pulling an all-nighter or their school project or presentation. But how does sleeplessness actually affect academic performance?
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Test-taking
A 2005 study shows that wakefulness can have specific effects on test taking. Tests were given after four hours of wakefulness as well as after 20 hours of wakefulness, and it was concluded that the participants became less sharp in recognizing mistakes made during the tests when there was extended wakefulness. A separate study noted that students who attended schools with delayed start times achieved better grades and scored higher on standardized tests.
GPA results
A study conducted on a large Norwegian population showed that teens ages 15 to 19 who slept between 10 pm and 11 pm maintained the highest GPAs. Getting too little sleep, too, upped the students’ odds of getting GPAs in the lowest quartile.
Other teen health risks
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), insufficient sleep can affect not just a young person’s ability to learn, but also overall health and safety. A number of risky behaviors have been linked to lack of sleep, including use of alcohol, smoking, drug use, and being overweight. All these can interfere with academic performance as well as overall school and personal lives.
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Katina Volitich is a Project Engineer at Paragon Medical. She is skilled in project management, Design Control, SolidWorks, Raspberry Pi, NX 10, and NI LabVIEW. She enjoys working out and eating healthy. Read more similar articles on this page.
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