IMPACTS OF EARLY SELF-STUDY ON MATHEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS

Authors : Hüseyin KOTAMAN

Pages : 55-63

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Publication Date : 2020-11-11

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Regular and adequate sleep is an important factor that has impact on performance on cognitive tasks. Investigators assumed that through the evolution process for hundreds of thousands years people sleep when it was dark and woke with sunrise. That is why, our daily rhythm programmed according to sun. Therefore, current study assessed the impact of regular sleep cycle and early self-study on mathematic achievement of high school seniors. Thirteen students six in experimental group and seven in control group completed the study. The experimental group was send to bed at 22.00 pm and they were waked up at 06.00 am. They had self-study time between 06.15-07.45 am. Participants’ mathematic achievements were measured before the intervention and four weeks after the intervention. While control groups did not show any increase, experimental group showed significant increase in mathematic achievement. However, difference between group’s posttest did not reach to statistical significance.
Keywords : Sleeping cycle, self study time, early study, mathematic achievement