Synchronizing education to adolescent biology: ‘let teens sleep, start school later’

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-226

  Kelley, Paul ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^b   Foster, Russell G ^a   Kelley, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Circadian; Education; Health; Learning; School start times; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926420041     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2014.942666     Document Type: Article

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