Comments on: Are You Using Your Internal Energy Clock for Maximum Productivity? http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/06/03/are-you-using-your-internal-energy-clock-for-maximum-productivity/ News from Independent Educational Consultants Association Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:45:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Sklarow http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/06/03/are-you-using-your-internal-energy-clock-for-maximum-productivity/#comment-51 Mark Sklarow Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:19:57 +0000 http://iecablog.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-51 Maria raises a good question... how do we re-think the school day based on this data. It would suggest that the worst time of the day for academic instruction is from 1:00 to 4:00 daily and while late afternoon classes can be avoided by college students, virtually every high schooler is taking classes during this time. One wonders if this time would be better off used for extra-curricular activities or innovative approaches. The daily ups and downs, per the research would also affirm what so many boarding schools have effectively discerned: that the time from 4:00-6:00 makes for a great homework/study/research period as the brain is re-bounding. Maria raises a good question… how do we re-think the school day based on this data. It would suggest that the worst time of the day for academic instruction is from 1:00 to 4:00 daily and while late afternoon classes can be avoided by college students, virtually every high schooler is taking classes during this time. One wonders if this time would be better off used for extra-curricular activities or innovative approaches. The daily ups and downs, per the research would also affirm what so many boarding schools have effectively discerned: that the time from 4:00-6:00 makes for a great homework/study/research period as the brain is re-bounding.

]]> By: Marla Platt http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/06/03/are-you-using-your-internal-energy-clock-for-maximum-productivity/#comment-50 Marla Platt Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:20:45 +0000 http://iecablog.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-50 How productive to think about our own productivity! This post brings me to think about (marvel, really) how this "model" is so different from that experienced by the modern American teen/college student. I am curious to learn what has been said as to how our target population, i.e. students, can operate more productively. Given the endless demands and distractions that students face, particularly away at school, I would like to be better able to offer meaningful guidelines and suggestions to support our kids to support their own healthy productivity. How productive to think about our own productivity! This post brings me to think about (marvel, really) how this “model” is so different from that experienced by the modern American teen/college student. I am curious to learn what has been said as to how our target population, i.e. students, can operate more productively.

Given the endless demands and distractions that students face, particularly away at school, I would like to be better able to offer meaningful guidelines and suggestions to support our kids to support their own healthy productivity.

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