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MARY’S ACADEMY OF CALOOCAN CITY

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“The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Academic Performace of the

Grade 12 students in St. Mary’s Academy of Caloocan City”

In Partial Fulfilment of the Course Requirement for the subjects

And Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion

Biology II

Submitted by:

Belbes, Ernestine Jobelle C.

Lim, Micah Andrea D.

Mougamadou Soultane, Junaitha Jasmin, R.

Nicodemus, Maria Angelica L.

Salangsang, Danielle Antoni V.

Yogawin, Daphnee Darlah M.

Submitted to:

Mr. Vonerich Berba, RN, LPT

Ms. Yna Valerie Walde

March 2017
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Chapter 1: Problem and its

Background
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A. Introduction

Sleep is an important part of our daily routine. Sleep helps boost

creativity and it often helps us solve unfathomable problems. Sleep

deprivation is defined as a condition that occurs when an individual does

not get enough sleep each night (What Are Sleep Deprivation, 2012).

There is no doubt that in today’s modern world students are busy

individuals and some of these are the senior high school students that are

doing many school works. Sleep is a detrimental necessity that when not

enough is obtained, a noticeable depreciation in the daily functioning of the

sleep-deprived individuals can have a detrimental impact on the adequate

performance of certain critical daily functions.

Sleep deprivation has been negatively related to academic

performance. Many studies in the past have shown that sleep deprivation

does correlate with poor academic performance because of lower abilities

in cognition as a result of poor sleep quality. One study showed that sleep-

deprived students performed worse on attention, memory, and problem-

solving tasks and this adversely affected their academic performance

(Curcio, Ferrara, & Gennaro, 2006). In the study done by Gilbert and

Weaver (2010), the two researchers found that sleep loss interferes with a
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student’s academic, extracurricular and vocational choices. They also

found that the number of hours students sleep in a 24-hour period has

greatly decreased over the years while sleep dissatisfaction has increased.

This study will determine the correlation between sleep and the students’

academic performance, as well as to establish a standard for ideal sleeping

time among the students to help them improve their studies.

B. Statement of the Problem

The study was conducted to assess the Impact of Sleep

Deprivation on Academic Performace of the Grade 12 students in St.

Mary’s Academy of Caloocan City.

 How does sleep deprivation affects the cademic performance of the

students?

2. Should sleep awareness be taught at school?

3. How does a lack of sleep impact memory, problem solving and critical

thinking skills amongst shs students?

C. Significance of the Study

This research will be most beneficial to:

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1. Students- the results will provide the students information about the

effects of the quantity of sleep or sleeping habits. It will give the

students a realization about the disadvantages of sleep deprivation.

At the end of the study, they will find out how important it is to

discipline themselves when it comes to sleeping.

2. Teachers- the study will guide the teachers to promote a better way

to support good night’s sleep. And also, this study can be an

instrument for realization to give a much less time consuming

assignments, projects and other school works to their students. At

the end of this study the teachers would understand why some

students are inactive and active in academic performances.

3. Parents- this study will also guide them in what to do with their

children that affect the quality/quantity of sleep. This study can help

them realize how technological advancement affects the sleeping

patterns of their children. This study will also help them in finding a

better way to help their sons/daughters control the amount of time in

sleeping.

D. Scope and Limitations

This study will focus on the impact of sleep deprivation to the

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academic performance of the grade 12 students in St. Mary’s Academy of

Caloocan City. The researchers opted for the grade 12 students because

most of them are sleep deprived due to the loads of schoolworks that are

assigned for them to finish in just a short amount of time. The researchers

will administer a survey questionnaire to the students to be able to gather

the data needed.

E. Hypothesis

The researchers assume that sleep deprivation does have a

significant impact to the academic performance of the Grade 12 students in

St. Mary’s Academy of Caloocan City.

F. Definition of Terms

 Sleep: The naturally recurring (esp. nightly) condition of repose and

inactivity assumed by people and most higher animals, in which

consciousness, response to external stimuli, and voluntary muscular

action are largely suspended.

 Memory: The faculty by which information is remembered; the

capacity for retaining, perpetuating, or reviving the thought of things

past; an individual’s faculty for remembering information.

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 Problem Solving: A person’s ability to be confronted with

mathematical word problems and solve them to find the correct

answer.

 Critical Thinking: The individual’s ability to think logically and

answer questions with obvious yet trick answers.

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Chapter 2: Review of Related

Literature
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The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of sleep and

the adverse effects of failing to receive the proper amount on a consistent

basis. The different articles and studies have all appeared to come to a

complementary consensus on the importance of a consistent sleep cycle,

which allows for seven to eight hours of sleep. Many studies have been

conducted within recent years, all of which seem to use a wide group of

different procedures. While at the same time accumulating a plenty of data

on the subject matter showing sleep’s benefits and the adversities that can

arise from not receiving enough on a consistent basis.

A. Local

According to Uratex (2015), Sleep deprivation negatively impacts your

memory, short term and long term alike. It will cause you to be ridiculously

forgetful, affecting your ability to learn new stuff or absorb what you’ve just

listened or read.

Christian Dela Cruz (2014) stated that cognition decreases when we lack

sleep. We use our brain all the time everyday for mental activities such as,

thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering. It is an important part

of our body, and without it, we wouldn’t function at all. We rarely take care

of our brain because we think that our brain is inside, protected by our
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skull. However, we need to remember that the brain needs to rest in order

for it to function, and this rest that can be gained through sleep plays a

critical role in thinking and learning.

Herschner and chervin (2014) stated that total sleep deprivation showed a

significant decrease of performance in cognitive tasks assessing inference,

recognition of assumptions, and deduction.28 Although this study was not

carried out on college-aged students, subjects aged 10–14 years of age

restricted to 5 hours of sleep, had impaired performance on verbal

creativity and abstract thinking.29 Less complex cognitive functions did not

appear impaired; this has been shown in other studies and may indicate

that motivation, individual response to sleep deprivation, or certain tasks

may be less impacted by sleep.

A. Foreign

Ellenbogen JM, Payne JD, Stickgold R., (2006) stated that healthy sleep is

essential for optimal learning and memory function.

Sleep, learning, and memory are complex phenomena that are not entirely

understood. However, animal and human studies suggest that the quantity

and quality of sleep have a profound impact on learning and memory.

Research suggests that sleep helps learning and memory in two distinct
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ways. First, a sleep-deprived person cannot focus attention optimally and

therefore cannot learn efficiently. Second, sleep itself has a role in the

consolidation of memory, which is essential for learning new information.

According to national sleep foundation (2017), Sleep feeds creativity,

synthesizes new ideas, and leads you to “ah ha” moments. Research

shows that we need good sleep to feed our high-level, innovative thinking

and problem-solving abilities. As you sleep, memories are reactivated,

connections between brain cells are strengthened, and information is

transferred from short to long-term. Without enough quality sleep, we can

become more forgetful. Studies suggest that sleeping shortly after we learn

new information helps us retain and recall that information later.

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Conceptual Framework

Sleep Deprivation

H₁(-)
H₃(-)
H₂(-)

Critical Memory
Thinking Skills
Problem
Solving

H₄(-/+) H₆(-/+)
H₅(-/+)

Academic Performance

H₁ = Sleep deprivation negatively affects the critical thinking of the

students.

H₂ = Sleep deprivation negatively affects the problems solving skills of

the students.

H₃ = Sleep deprivation negatively affects the memorization skills of the

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students.

H₄ =The critical thinking skills of the students may or may not have a

significant effect to their academic performance.

H₅ = The problem-solving skills of the students may or may not have a

significant effect to their academic performance.

H₆ = The memorization skills of the students may or may not have a

significant effect to their academic performance.