How Long Should We Sleep? The Ideal Matching Pattern between Sleep Time and Academic Achievement of High-school Students

Abstract

Adequate sleep time, good psychosomatic development environment, and high-quality academic achievement are necessary conditions for educational success. Based on this, a study published in Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), relying on the data of the Quality and Health Check-up Program of China Basic Education Quality Monitoring Coordination Center, explored the ideal matching model between students’ high academic achievement and sleep time on the basis of students psychosomatic development and a good educational environment, and providing multi-level early-warning to schools that sacrifice students’ sleep time in exchange for good scores...