Outline of Assignment #2

Mrinalini Manektala

Introduction:

a.      The topic I am going to be talking about in my literature review is: Does how much sleep a student get per night affect their academic performance? This topic is relevant to research because these says students, especially college students, are not getting the recommended amount of sleep which is extremely unhealthy and it is important to know if it is going to have a negative effect on their academic performance.

b.     The main issue this literature review will address will be if the amount of sleep a student gets per night negatively affects their academic performance. It will be covering students of several ages, from school-age children to adolescents to college students.

c.      The main topics of the paper will be discussing how differently the effects of sleep deprivation have on the different ages of students.

Section I: Sleep Quality in School-Age Children

a.      Variability in performance has effect on sleepiness in children.

b.     Higher vulnerability to poor sleep, insufficient sleep and sleepiness explains the effect size differences as important changes occur in children.

c.       Effect sizes were larger for studies including younger participants which can be explained by dramatic prefrontal cortex changes. 

Section II: Sleep Quality in Adolescents

a.      Inefficient daytime behavior results in disrupted and poor sleep. 

b.      Increasing school, family and social pressure and from an environmentally induced delay of sleep timing

c.       Changes of intrinsic regulatory sleep patterns lead to a marked increase in sleepiness that usually facilitates cognitive, emotional, behavioral and academic failure.

Section III: Sleep Quality in College Students

a.      Alcohol has a major effect on sleep quality and usually results in less sleep when consumed.

b.     Poor time management skills have a negative effect on the amount of sleep.

c.      Daytime alertness is a huge factor in how much sleep a student gets at night.

Conclusion: What I have concluded from researching these six different sources is that there are multiple reasons that children, adolescents, and college students do not get enough sleep and because they do not get enough sleep, it negatively effects their academic performance.