Introduction :
Adequate sleep has a crucial role in enhancing cognitive skills especially memory retention. Poor night time sleep quality and consequent daytime sleepiness affect physical and cognitive health of students and their academic performance. Most students probably know that depriving themselves from sleep is bad, but nonetheless they’re willing to sacrifice sleep and as a consequence, health, telling themselves it’s just for a short time and they can soon start sleeping 12 hours a day once the semester draws to a close. But research shows that sleep is extremely important, not just during finals week but throughout the entire semester. Besides pulling all-nighters, many students generally don’t know what it means to have a good sleeping routing. Due to class schedules that differ on a daily basis, part time jobs, extra-curricular and social activities, students adapt to irregular sleep cycles that can seriously impact their academic performance as well as mental and physical health. Sleepiness and poor sleep quality are prevalent among university students, affecting their academic performance and day time functioning. Students with symptoms of sleep disorders are more likely to receive poor grades in classes such as math, reading and writing than peers without symptoms of sleep disorders. So, having proper sleep is very important. It is the most important health behavior we engage in. Consistently getting quality sleep will improve student’s mental and emotional performance. It also improves immune system, balance hormones, boosts metabolism and improves brain-function. The main reason sleep is so important for a student’s success is because this the time when their brain is ‘cleaning’ itself. Getting a good night’s sleep can make students feel like they can tackle everything on their plate. Students need to process tons of new information daily during their waking hours. That information is then sorted and organized by brain during sleep cycle. So, it is important to have a good sleep cycle. Therefore, our group had decided to research university students to investigate whether their academic performance will get affected by how much they sleep. To conduct this research successfully, we had the plan to launch a survey that could help us gather the data for our research.
The aim of this survey is to find whether or not poor academic performance is a
consequence of poor sleep quality among UTM students.
Project Report
Conclusion
So, it is obvious that to have a great academic result, it’s very important to have a good sleeping schedule. Our brain is better than a smart phone, so it’s important to recharge it regularly for optimal performance and to allow students’ academic talent to shine. Rest and recovery are just as important as sleep. If students haven’t had a good night’s sleep, finding time during their day, whether its 10 minutes during lunch or between classes, to ignore technology and just relax, will help the body feel rested even without actually sleeping. Students should go to bed early enough to have the opportunity for a full night of sleep. Adults need to seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Everybody should avoid study, watching TV or talking on the phone in bed.
In conclusion, we can say that sleeping has a great impact on academic performances. This
survey successfully achieved our motive.
Project Reflection
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In this post, a reflection video is displayed about my internship journey in Datalytica Sdn Bhd.
The Video:
During this semester I was lucky to be involved in my final year project (PSM1) project. I started with high hopes and tried my best to develop an idea that would help other UTM students, which is OCAAS: UTM Online Chatbot Ask & Answer System.
As a reflection, I would like to say that I learned many new things and it was fun and challenging to be involved in such a big project. I learned about problem-solving and how to ideate a unique solution to solve a specific problem and I learned also about critical thinking. Time management was my major challenge, especially with such a heavy semester.
Finally, I would like to thank my family for all the support, and I would also like to thank my supervisor Dr. Siti Zaiton for all the help and guidance during this project.
Video:
I can say that participating in this project was very funny due to its real effect on my real life. Not along time after finishing this project I did actually helped one of my friends building his PC from scratch to a fully working machine with no problems at all. that project is one of the projects that I love to join to gain experience in the hardware field. In this task, I did understand more about PC components and improved my knowledge about hardware in new PC's that can be found in the market nowadays.
In reflection, this project helped me improving my skills in many aspects such as, cooperation between the group members, accepting new ideas, leadershipment, and so on. Another thing that I can add that this task is very important for all the people to learn about due to its importance and usability these days. Cloud computing nowadays is one of the biggest industries in technology field. So, for this reason we need to enhance our knowledge about cloud computing services as much as we possible.
As a university student, I did find this talk very important for me due to its major relation to real-life experience. Actually, Dr. Johanna attempted and succeeded to link graduated university students with newbies in a professional manner in all aspects. The talk included any information that I needed to know and this is a great strength point involved in the talk, and I didn’t seem to see any weak points there. This talk motivated me to try my best to be very successful in my career.
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