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Cramming and its negative effects

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Byun 3 Outline I. Introduction II. Negative Effects a. Methods b. Straggles III. Conclusion

Byun 4 Jessica Byun Mr. Coyner English 14 August 2011

Cramming and its negative effects

Everyone cram. Cramming can affect students negatively. Cramming the night before the test means not getting enough sleep, forgetting the information and getting a lower grade. Study is the devotion of time and attention to acquiring knowledge on an academic subject. Effect 1 Students these days use the method of cramming. There are a lot of negative effects when students cram. If the information is crammed, it is easier for the information to get erased from a students brain. Cramming means trying to memorize the information in a short period of time without knowing or learning the information. Studying is knowing the information and going over the information in a long period of time. People cram because they are lazy or busy. Cramming can affect a body mentally and physically in an unhealthy way. Effect 2 The first negative effect of cramming is lack of sleep. Not sleeping causes a negative effect on the part of the brain that stores information. When someone tries to put all of the information in a short period of time it is unhealthy for the body because it leads to a lack of sleep "You've got to get it all in your head 15 minutes before the test," said the Math graduate student, Peter Lambert-Cole (Duda). Cramming also makes it difficult to concentrate. I have crammed before and stayed up until 1:00. Am. The material that I studied for wasnt
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Byun 5 remembered and I had vague memory about it. But when I studied ahead of time I knew the information, rather than the information in your head being shaky. Effect 3 The second effect is information is easily forgotten. Information is not remembered at a later date. When people cram and try to memorize all the information in a short period of time, eventually they completely forget all the information. When cramming, the information is held in the brain for only a short time. The student probably hasnt really learned the material and doesnt know the material. And the information is also shaky. Information retention rates for a later date will be significantly lower than if a student would take the proper time to space out the material among several days and hours. said Sean Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology at LSU who studies the effects of learning on memory (Wallace). Effect 4 The third effect is getting a lower grade. Since sleep less its harder to remember the information and eventually get a lower grade. After cramming and taking the test, I got a bad grade and had a bad health condition due to the cramming. Cramming gives you a shaky understanding. A hard question can leave one confused, and a large amount of guessing. The Harvard study's control group slept regularly for four days, while the variable group was deprived of sleep for the first night. At the end of the four-day cycle, the two groups were tested on image recognition - and the group that got less sleep performed more poorly, because sleep deprivation has a negative effect on the cortex, the part of the brain which is responsible for storing information, Says the University of Arizona doctor, Colin Bamford (Duda). Bamford recommended studying prior to the night before a big test. If a student has studied regularly
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Byun 6 beforehand, he said, one last night of cramming would not make a difference in the grade. It affects the students concentration habit. Effect 5 Cramming can lower grades, blank out ones information, and lead to lack of sleep. Although people may be lazy at the time, think of what will happen in the future and imagine the damage a person does to himself when he crams. Also, sleep early and wake up early; that way, every students mind can be fresh and can concentrate better.
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References

Duda, Jeremy. "Study Shows Test Cramming Has Negative Effects on Grades - Friday February 2, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat." Arizona Daily Wildcat - Archives. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/94/91/01_2_m.html>. Wallace, Ben. "Experts Say Cramming Unhealthy in the Long-run." The Daily Reveille. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. <http://www.lsureveille.com/experts-say-cramming-unhealthy-in- the-long-run-1.2335810>.