Wake-Up Call: Help Students See the Importance of Sleep

Source: The GuardianSleep-deprived children display less brain activity while working on maths problems, for example, and make more mistakes in tests. In one study, students tried to memorise short lists of words during the afternoon following a full night’s sleep; the comparison group tried the same task after staying awake for 35 hours. Word recall and recognition dropped sharply in the sleep-deprived group