Study: Home-Schooled Teens Are More Prepared to Learn Everyday Because They Get More Sleep

A new study has revealed that teenagers who are homeschooled get more sleep than those who attend normal public or private schools. These teens are said to get more benefit from the quality of sleep they get. It also showed evidence that teenagers' body clock is altered. The researchers believe that homeschoolers are well prepared to study more than those who actually go to school to study.

The study which was conducted by a team of researchers at the National Jewish Health in Denver analyzed the sleeping patterns of 2,612 students, 500 of which being homeschoolers. According to sciencedaily.com, the lead author of the study and a sleep psychologist at National Jewish Health said that they have a school system that is designed for young children who wake up very early in the morning, start school the latest and those adolescents who need more sleep are being woken up and asked to go to school at a time when they think their brains should be physiologically sleeping.

"Adolescents need nine hours of sleep a night and if they're only getting seven hours, on average, by the end of the week they are a full ten hours of sleep behind schedule," said Meltzer, "and that impacts every aspect of functioning."

The Washington Post reported that sleep researchers have always said that teenagers have different biorhythms than younger and older people. That's one of the reasons why they find it hard to go to bed before 11 p.m. In a normal setup, teenagers have to get up early to go to school which usually starts before 7:30.

This results to teens not getting the full 81/2-91/2 hours of sleep that is recommended of them, while homeschooled teens sleep an average of 112/2 hours. Elementary students on the other hand, who can fall asleep earlier than high school students, start their classes later than high schoolers. Because of this, more and more high schools are considering to start their classes at a later time.

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