Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Source

Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences

Abstract

Sleep is known to be important in the development of children and their cognitive functioning. This study worked to establish correlation between amount of sleep and attentiveness in schoolaged children. This study surveyed the parents of 10 third graders on their child’s sleep habits. The children were read a story in class and asked to answer questions based on details in the story. The data obtained from this quiz and the parent’s survey responses were then compared to see if there was a relation. The results of this study were inconclusive. When genders were separated, it was found that males slept the most but females got more answers correct on the quiz. However, when the data was organized based on the recommended sleep amount for this age, it was found that children who met the recommendation answered more questions correctly compared to those who did not.

ISBN/ISSN

1-929083-13-0

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

This article is made available for download with the permission of the authors and the publisher. Permission documentation is on file. Any information used from this publication must be attributed properly. Journal website: http://www.kon.org/urc/undergrad_research.html

Publisher

Undergraduate Research Community

Volume

15

Peer Reviewed

yes

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