睡眠時間對學生學習表現的影響

Abstract

本研究利用「台灣教育長期追蹤資料庫」中第一波國中學生及家長樣本資料，探討睡眠時間對學生學習表現的影響。研究使用普通最小平方法分析睡眠時間與學習表現的相關性，結果顯示睡眠時間的一次項與學習表現呈現負相關，但相關性並不明顯。此外，睡眠時間對學習表現的影響呈現凹項原點的關係，睡眠時間一次項對學習表現有顯著正相關，而二次項則呈現顯著的負相關。進一步採用工具變數解決睡眠時間與學習表現之間的內生性問題後，研究結果顯示睡眠時間對學習表現有顯著正向的影響，且影響幅度相當大。此外，睡眠時間對學習表現的影響並非線性，睡眠時間一次項對學習表現呈現顯著正向影響，而二次項則呈現顯著負向影響。

This study utilized data from the "Taiwan Education Panel Survey" first wave, including samples of junior high school students and their parents, to examine the impact of sleep duration on students' academic performance. The researchers employed ordinary least squares regression to analyze the correlation between sleep duration and academic performance. The results indicated a negative correlation between the linear term of sleep duration and academic performance, although the correlation was not significant. Additionally, the relationship between sleep duration and academic performance exhibited a concave quadratic pattern. The linear term of sleep duration showed a significant positive correlation with academic performance, while the quadratic term displayed a significant negative correlation.

Furthermore, to address endogeneity issues between sleep duration and academic performance, instrumental variable estimation was employed. The results demonstrated a significant positive effect of sleep duration on academic performance, with a substantial magnitude. Moreover, the impact of sleep duration on academic performance was found to be non-linear. The linear term of sleep duration exhibited a significant positive effect on academic performance, while the quadratic term displayed a significant negative effect.