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“The Perceived Effects of Lack of Sleep on the Academic Performance of CEIS Makati

students for the S.Y: 2016-2017”

Chapter 4

Presentation, Interpretation, and Analysis of Data

I. Textual Presentation

The respondents interviewed 29 respondents in order to obtain their perception on the

following matters:

 Respondent’s identity:

- Name; and

- Year and section

 What are the possible effects of lack of sleep and how does it affect in students’

academic performance?

 What are the possible causes of lack of sleep that affects students’ academic

performance?

II. Tabular Presentation

Problem 1

Item no. 1 was found in the interview question containing the respondent’s

identity.

Gender
Strand Section Male Female No. Of
Respondents
1E 3 3
ABM 1G 1 3 4
1H 3 3
1D 4 4 8
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STEM 1I 3 3
1L 2 6 8
= 29

Problem 2

Items no. 1 and 2 were found in the interview questions containing the questions:

How many hours of sleep do you feel you need in a night to function well the next day?

And how many hours do you really sleep? Why? Addressing the problem regarding the

possible causes of lack of sleep that affects students’ academic performance.

Responses
3% 3%
3%
3-4 hours -1
10% 3%
4-5 hours -1
7% 4-6 hours -1
5-8 hours -2
7%
3% 6-7 hours -1
6-8 hours -3
6-9 hours -1
7 hours -1
10%
7-8 hours -3
14%
8 hours -5
8-10 hours -3
3% 9 hours -2
10 hours -3
3%
12 hours -1
17% 10%

Table 1

Table 1 shows that 1 respondent thought that they need 3-4 hours of sleep a day in order

for them to function well the other day, 1 respondent thought they need 4-5, 1 respondent

thought 4-6, 2 respondents thought 5-8, 1 respondent thought 6-7, 3 respondents thought 6-8, 1

respondent thought 6-9, 1 respondent thought 7, 3 respondents thought 7-8, 5 respondents

thought 8 hours, and 3 respondents thought 8-10 hours.

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This is in line with what National Sleep Foundation says on their research, Sleep and

Teens (2017) teens need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to function best. But most teens

do not get enough sleep. Teens need more sleep because they are in a time of very fast physical,

intellectual and emotional growth respectively which tells us that teenagers or adolescents

needed 8-10 hours sleep to function well the next day for them to have a support for their overall

growth and development though some teenagers cannot fulfil their 8-10 hours sleep time. Just

like the data presented above 14% and 17% of the respondents answered that they needed exact 8

or 8-10 hours of sleep to be fully alive the next day though based on the researchers’ observation,

while we they are conducting the interview, most of the respondents looked drowsy and have

dark circles around their eyes which is a huge sign that they aren’t getting enough sleep that they

really n

Table 2
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Responses
3% 3%
3% 3% 2-3 hours -1
7% 2-5 hours -1
3-4 hours -2
3-5 hours -2
7% 3-6 hours -1
28% 4 hours -3
3% 4-5 hours -2
4-6 hours -1
5 hours -4
5-6 hours -1
10%
5-7 hours -1
6 hours -8
7 hours -1
3%
7% 8-9 hours -1
3%
3%
14%

Table 2 shows that 1 respondent sleeps 2-3 hours a day , 1 respondent sleeps 2-5 hours, 2

respondents sleeps 3-4 hours, 2 respondents sleeps 3-5 hours, 1 respondent sleeps 3-6 hours, 3

respondents sleeps 4 hours, 2 respondents sleeps 4-5 hours, 1 respondent sleeps 4-6 hours, 4

respondents sleeps 5 hours, 1 respondent sleeps 5-6 hours, 1 respondent sleeps 5-7 hours, 8

respondents sleeps 6 hours, 1 respondent sleeps 7 hours and 1 respondent sleeps 8-9 hours. It is

because most of the respondents said that they are not getting enough sleep because of the load

of school works, some of them said that they stay up watching, and some said that they stay up

all night chatting online.

This is in line with what John Cline, Ph. D., says on his research, Sleep and Teenagers

(2009), it is estimated that up to 40% of high school and college students are sleep deprived. This

may be an underestimate. There are many reasons for this. At this age there is decreasing control

exercised by parents. At the same time academic work increases. Many high school students are
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taking honours and advanced placement classes, often working at a college level. Young people

engage in many more social activities such as sports and school clubs, respectively which tells us

that teenagers or adolescents tend to engage with many school activities, some of them are

keeping up with the honour roll and are engaged with parcel of school works but also keeping

their selves updated and socialize with others all at once and there are some that are working

students, working to afford their education. Just like the data presented above, 28% of the

respondents’ population are having only 6 hours of sleep every weekdays which is far from the

8-10 hours they really need to function for the day.

Problem 2

Items no. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 were found in the interview questions containing the questions

with each questions addressing the problem regarding the possible effects of lack of sleep and

how does it affect in students’ academic performance.

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Hungry

Wear

Lazy

Headache

Dizzy

Tired

Sleepy

Irritated

Spacing Out

Body pain

Table 3
Table 3 shows that 2 respondents each feel body pain, dizzy, lazy and weak when they

wake up after having insufficient sleep. 1 respondent each says that they’re spacing out, irritated

and hungry. 4 respondents say that they feel tired. And 7 respondents each say that they feel

sleepy and headache.

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Table 4
Table 4 shows that 24 respondents feel sleepy. 18 respondents feel headache. 12

respondents each feel that they can’t process the lessons and cannot focus. 8 respondents each

say that they forget the lessons, could not function, but the other 8 says that they can still

remember the lessons and it depend on the effects of the teacher. And 4 respondents each say

that it depends on the subject and the other 8 says that they review the lessons at home.

5.

No. Of YES % NO % A % It %
respondents little depend
bit s

29 17 58.62% 5 17.24
%
2 6.90% 5 17.24%

Table 5
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Table 5 shows that 17 out of 29 of the respondents or 58.62% of the population agreed

that they find it difficult to understand the lessons when they lack sleep. 5 out of 29 or 17.24%

said no. 2 out of 29 or 6.90% said a little bit and 5 out of 29 or 17.24% said that it depends.

Reasons
7%
7% 21%

Depends on the subject - 3

Cannot focus -3
14%
Sleepy -4
Dizzy -2
Tired -1
21% Struggle -1

29%

Table 6

Table 6 presents the reasons behind the answers of table 5. 28.57% said that they were

sleepy, 21.43% each says that they cannot focus and that it depends on the subject, 14.29% says

that they feel dizzy, and 7.14% each says that they’re struggling and they feel tired.

6.

No. Of Yes % No % Sometimes %

respondents

27 17 62.97% 6

Table 7
22.22% 4 14.82%
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Table 7 shows that 17 out of 29 of the respondents or 62.97% of the population agreed

that they feel dizzy or cannot focus in class. 6 out of 29 or said 22.22% no. And 4 out of 29 or

14.82% said sometimes.

Numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 is in line with what Durmer, J.S., Dinges, D.F., says on his

research, Neurocognitive consequences of sleep deprivation (2005), Sleepiness, as opposed to

‘tiredness’, is another physical symptom, demonstrated by our propensity to fall asleep or trouble

to stay awake during the day. Although not terribly common, light-headedness can also be a

consequence of sleep deprivation. Often, headaches and tension are found to increase after poor

sleep; occasionally this may be accompanied by feelings of dizziness and light-headedness.

Emotionally, we may find ourselves more irritable and lower in mood, as a result of poor or

insufficient sleep. Mentally, poor sleep may result in poorer concentration and memory. In

research studies, sleep deprived people have shown impairments in both sustained attention and

memory performance, respectively which tells us that having insufficient sleep can cause

physical, mental and emotional harm to us and people find it more difficult to perform to their

full potential during the day.

7.

No. Of Yes % No % Maybe % Sometimes %

Response
s

31 14 45.16% 6 19.36% 6 19.36% 5 16.13%

Table 8
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Table 8 shows that 14 out of 29 of the respondents or 45.16% of the populationsaid that

lack of sleep affect their academic performance. 6 out of 29 or 19.36% said no and another 6

out of 29 or 19.36% said maybe. And 5 out of 29 or 16.13% said sometimes.

This in line with what Kelly, W. and two other colleagues (2001), they also found that

sleep deprivation greatly affects a student’s ability to perform well in their classes. This is

evident through the students’ GPA’s. Kelly and colleagues reported that people who slept 9

hours or more in a 24-hour period had significantly higher GPA’s than short sleepers who sleep 6

hours or less in a 24-hour period. These short sleepers also tended to show signs of anxiousness,

were less creative, more neurotic, and more prone to hallucinate as well (Kelly, Kelly, &

Clanton, 2001). Respectively this tells us that having insufficient sleep causes the student’s low

academic performance. That not meeting the sleep acquired for their age does not only harm

them physically, mentally, and emotionally, but also results to have a poor performance at

school. As shown at the previous data above, students have such busy school, and social

schedules to keep up with, their sleep cycles become negatively affected by it. They tend to have

irregular sleep-cycles depending on the day of the week and report dissatisfaction with sleep as a

result of poor sleeps quality

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Durmer, J.S., Dinges, D.F. (2005). Neurocognitive consequences of sleep deprivation. Thieme

Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Kelly, W., Kelly, K., & Clanton, R. (2001). The relationship between sleep length and

gradepoint average among college students. College Student Journal, 35(1), 84.