This is a constant advice from teachers/schools to parents and if you are not getting this from your school you should be ;) We need to consider education from a wider angle and from a more cross-curricular perspective.
Also, is worth it to say that to get enough sleep for a person is important, and particularly for students and also, not just before testing but always.
It is proven that sleep increases our capacity for remembering things. There is an interesting case when Ms. Diekelmann conducted an experiment about the relation between memory and odors. The conclusion was that people remember a 15% more when they get exposed to odors while sleeping than when they are awake. [Diekelmann].
Also Ms. Gómez says Sleep is essential for extending learning to new examples [Gómez]
It also works to avoid the too many times situation lived by almost everyone: you are in the middle of testing and, suddenly and no clue why, you just go in blank. No matter how hard you try to remember something you just knew better a minute or a day ago. We can find some scientific information to explain the opposite case in Ms. Diekelmann study: "Even when we have to do a lot of different things at the same time, sleep ensures that our intentions come to mind spontaneously once we encounter the appropriate situation to execute the intention" [ScienceDaily]
To sum up and keep the idea simple: make sure your kids get enough sleep and they don't stay awake late playing video games or even studying.
There is a lot of research out there proving that sleep is crucial for memory (and more things).
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch
Further reading:
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408111713.htm
- https://www.cogneurosociety.org/sleep_memory_cns2014/ [Rebecca Gómez, University of Arizona]
- https://www.cogneurosociety.org/diekelmann_smell_sleep/ [Diekelmann, University of Tübingen]
- Reactivating Memories during Sleep by Odors: Odor Specificity and Associated Changes in Sleep Oscillations
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