Long Schedules in College
Authors
Divyansh Bohara
Prachi Tiwari
Monarch Shukla
Vidisha Varun
Introduction
A long schedule in college is a complicated issue for managing time effectively and balancing academics, extracurriculars, and personal life but also, a long schedule typically involves structuring our academic and individual activities over an extended period, such as a semester or academic year, to optimize productivity and reduce stress. Our team has conducted a survey to assess the results of this problem.
Objective
To understand the underlying issues of “Long Schedules in College”.
Literature Review
Article 1- “The Influence of Study Schedules and Work on the Sleep-Wake Cycle of College Students” by
Elaine R.S. Machado, Viviane B.R. Varella &Miriam M.M. Andrade.
The article investigated the role played by the study’s schedules and work on the sleep-wake cycle. Sleep length increased on weekends for the people who were going for morning jobs whereas the no-job group maintained the amount of sleep from weekdays to weekends. This survey showed that the tendency of phase delay on weekends was differently expressed according to the study’s schedules and work.[1]
Article 2- “Academic achievement across the day: Evidence from randomized class schedules” by
Kevin M. Williams, Teny Maghakian Shapiro.
This study expands the understanding of how school day schedules affect achievement. Analysing over 180,000 student-course outcomes, it was found that causal evidence of cognitive fatigue was brought on by scheduling multiple courses in a row. All else equal, students perform better in the afternoon than in the early morning.
Data Collection
To understand the underlying issues, we framed five questions on a Likert scale. We surveyed 100 students for our research. Google Forms were created. Mean, SD, SE, and Z were calculated for each question.
Q1- I feel exhausted after a long day of lectures.
Q2- I get less personal time to focus on other things.
Q3- I prefer sitting for long lectures as I have improved in academics.
Q4- My physical health has been negatively affected.
Q5- I made better connections staying long in college.
Data Analysis
This is the analysis of 100 responses from our survey.
|
|
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q5 |
|
Mean |
3.91 |
4.17 |
2.36 |
3.91 |
2.91 |
|
SD |
1.45 |
1.25 |
0.89 |
1.32 |
1.32 |
|
SE |
0.15 |
0.13 |
0.09 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
|
Z |
66.25 |
76.42 |
110.21 |
72.92 |
73.68 |
|
Results |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
Conclusions
- Students feel exhausted after a long day of lectures.
- Students get less personal time to focus on other things.
- Students prefer sitting for long lectures as they have improved in academics.
- Students’ physical health has been negatively affected.
- Students made better connections staying long in college.
References
[1] “The Influence of Study Schedules and Work on the Sleep-Wake Cycle of College Students”
Elaine R.S. Machado, Viviane B.R. Varella &Miriam M.M. Andrade from Taylor and Francis Online.
[2] “Academic achievement across the day: Evidence from randomized class schedules
Author links open overlay panel” by Kevin M. Williams, and Teny Maghakian Shapiro from ScienceDirect.