According to researcher at The open Universities,
tradition lecture of 9 am should be scrapped and student should allowed to
start their day later, It is maintained
in report that in order to perform them well in their academics the lecture
should start from 11 am.
Working with the researcher, the experts analyzed
the student pattern of 200 students and found that their academic performance
was best in between 11 am and 9.30 pm.
Paul Kelly of The Open university, said : ‘’Student
do better in their studies, if they can target their study time to adjust with
their personal rhythm and at the time of the day when they can to the work
effectively and efficiently.
Having get up early in the morning for lecture might
be caused the mental health problem for them, he further added.
According to study biological changes beginning in
puberty shift natural wake and sleep times by up to three hours later in the
day. And this shift is at its greatest at age of 19.
The traditional education and work follows and start
at the fixed times, however adult who
has just turned around 18 or 19 likely to struggle with the learning
time which feels unnatural to them.
The report author also said that.’’ the process
between the sleep timing shift and educational institutions usual hours causes
significant sleep loss’’.
Sleep loss can also affect the performance of
academics and also lead them towards obesity, depression and drug abuse.
In 2009.Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside
partook in an experiment by delaying school’s start times from 8.50am to 10am.
And to surprise this experiment lead in to increase in the percentage from
around 34 per cent to about 50 per cent.
So if the universities were to choose a new standard
starting time the group has suggested anywhere between 11 am and 1 pm would be
close optimal for the average undergraduate student.
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