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This episode of DNews is brought to you by Audible.
本集 Dnews 內容由 Audible 有聲書帶給大家。
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All you kids out there who hate waking up early for school? Worry not, 'cause science has your back.
各位同學,你是不是討厭早起上課呢? 不用擔心,因為科學是站你這邊的。
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Hey guys, Tara here for DNews - and like many of you out there, I am NOT a morning person.
各位觀眾好,我是 Dnews 主播 Tara。就像許多人一樣,我不是早睡早起的人。
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Having to wake up at 6 am every single day was probably the thing I hated most about school growing up
說到學生時期最討厭的事,莫過於早上 6 點就要起床,
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and now, there's research to prove that it can actually affect our academic performance.
如今現在,科學研究證明早起真的會影響學生的課業表現。
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A new study conducted throughout 718 public elementary schools in Kentucky, finds that
針對肯達基州 718 間公立小學進行調查後發現,
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earlier school start times are associated with lower performance, but ONLY in students from middle or upper class backgrounds.
開課時間較早的學校,其學生課業表現通常較差,但並非全部學生皆如此,只有來自小康、富裕家庭的學生有該情形。
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Researchers assessed academic performance using standardized test scores, as well as
為了評估學生的課業表現,研究人員收集了考試分數、
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attendance rates, teacher-student ratios, and retention rates,
出席率、師生比、留級率等數據,
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which is the number of students required to repeat a certain grade.
其中的留級率指的是學生必須再讀一次某個特定年級。
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They theorized that earlier start times would be associated with lower performance in almost all of those areas,
他們假設開課時間較早的學校,學生的在各方面的表現都比較差,
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particularly in disadvantaged schools. But to their surprise,
特別是偏鄉學校的學生們,但令人意外的是,
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the results showed that wasn't true. Kids who attended schools in disadvantaged districts saw no difference in performance,
求證後的結果並非如此,偏鄉學校的學童表現並未較差,
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regardless of what time school started.
且與學校課程的開始時間無關。
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However, children attending affluent schools, saw a significant decrease in academic performance, the earlier school started.
但校園資源豐富的學生,受到開課較早的影響,學術表現卻有明顯落差。
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Researchers say sleep deprivation could be what's at hand here.
研究人員表示,問題可能在於睡眠不足。
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Not getting enough sleep could cause students to lose the ability to remain alert and focused in class and it may also lead to an increase in illness.
睡眠不足會導致學生提不起精神,且無法專心上課,同時也會提高疾病罹患風險。
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As for why this only seems to affect children in affluent schools, the answers are still mostly unknown.
為何只有校園資源豐富的學生受到影響,其原因尚未釐清。
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Although they believe it may be because disadvantaged children have so many other risk factors at play.
儘管研究人員認為,這可能是因為偏鄉學校的學生存在其他許多風險因素,像是與遊樂相關。
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Now before we start rallying to have schools start at 9 am, there were some other unexpected findings.
在我們開始要求學校九點開始之前,要知道其實這項研究也有些意外的發現。
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The study also found that the later school starts, the higher the chance there is of students having to repeat grades.
這個研究也發現,課程較晚開始的學校,學生留級的可能性較高。
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For every additional minute later school starts,
學校課程每晚 1 分鐘開始,
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retention rates increase by 0.2 %. So starting the school day off even 5 minutes later than normal,
學生的留級率就增加 0.2 %,所以學校若晚五分鐘開始的話,
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could lead to a 1 % increase in the amount of students being held back.
學生的留級率就會增加 1%。
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Now, that's pretty antithetical to the rest of the study, which links later start times with improved performance,
但這個研究的其他部分卻與這個結果相反,顯示開課時間較晚,能夠改善學生課業表現,
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but one possible explanation for that, researchers say, is that starting school later may cause average students to improve,
研究學者解釋,其中一種可能性是,開課時間較晚能夠改善中間程度學生的課業表現,
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while those with learning disabilities have an even harder time keeping up.
但也會造成學習能力不好的學生更難跟上其他同儕的腳步。
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They also warn that because this is the first study to ever examine the relationship between school start times and student retention in pre-adolescents,
同時研究人員也警告,該研究是首次在青春期前,將學校開課時間和學生留級率之間的關係設為研究對象,
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more research is needed before solid conclusions can be drawn.
因此,目前還需要進行更多的實證。
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Still, think of all the things you could get done if school didn't start til 10 am!
不過,試想如果學校十點才開課你能夠做些什麼事!
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You could read a book - or better yet, you could listen to a book on Audible.com!
你可以讀本書,或是直接上 Audible 網站聽有聲書!
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Audible is the leading provider of downloadable digital audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.
Audible 是業界知名的有聲書廠商,提供各位數位有聲書下載和線上發音遊戲。
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And they've got over 100,000 titles to choose from, including books for kids!
目前該網站已有10萬本以上有聲書供讀者選擇,其中也有兒童書喔!
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Just download them to your iPod or MP3 player, and listen to them anywhere you want - on the bus,
只要下載喜歡的有聲書到 iPod 或 Mp3 播放器上,就能隨時聆聽,無論是公車上、
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at home, or at recess, if you're one of the indoor kids. No shame in that, it's the reason I'm so pale!
家裡、還是下課時間 — 如果你比較喜歡待在室內的話,這沒什麼好尷尬的,我也一樣,所以我明白!
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Best of all, you can get a free audiobook download of your choice by signing up at audiblepodcast.com/dnews.
另外,只要進入 audiblepodcast.com/dnews,並且完成註冊,就能免費下載一本有聲書,種類不拘。
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Every sign-up helps support the show, and encourages reading - the best education of all.
您的註冊不僅代表對本節目的支持,還有鼓勵閱讀 - 也是給孩子的最佳身教示範。
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In the meantime, let us know what you think of this study! Would you hate it, or love it, if school started a half hour later?
可以的話,請告訴我們你對這項研究有甚麼想法吧!你喜歡學校晚半小時開課?還是討厭晚點開課呢?
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Parents, I'm sure you feel differently than your kids,
親愛的父母們,我知道你們一定和孩子有不同想法,
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but let us know anyway! Just leave your answers in the comments below
不妨也讓我們知道吧!只要在下方留言處告訴我們就可以囉,
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and as always, thank you guys for watching!
感謝您的耐心收看,我們下次再見!