Do seasonal changes and teaching time affect academic performance of pre-service teachers?

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 445-456

  Beşoluk, Şenol ^a   Önder, Ismail ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

academic achievement; biological rhythm; circannual rhythm; melatonin; pre service teachers; season

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; AVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; TIME; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 80052986708     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2010.528634     Document Type: Article

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