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New Research Says Starting University Classes at 11am or Later Would Improve Learning (qz.com)
Using a sample of first- and second-year college students at the University of Nevada-Reno in the US and Britain's Open University, a group of researchers analyzed students' cognitive performance throughout the day and found that the best learning happened in classes that began later in the morning. From a report: Since every person's chronotype, or sleep pattern, is slightly different, there isn't one universal start time to benefit everyone -- but according to students' survey responses as well as theoretical data on circadian rhythms parsed by the researchers, starting classes at 11am or later benefits the greatest number of students. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience this week, bolsters prior research indicating that teenagers learn better with late starts; it also extends the studied age group from high school students to college sophomores and freshmen.
I doubt it. Because I would bet if they changed classes to 11AM then students would just stay up for 3 hours later.
Wrong. RTFA. It is not just conjecture, but is based on actual data of students that were scheduled for later classes.
Found the asshole with loser hours (i.e., waking up after the rest of the world is already up and doing something productive).
It *is* conjecture because it's based on actual sleep patterns TODAY, when classes start at 8 am. If classes started at 11 am, losers like yourself would stay up later and still be losers.