THE PERCEPTIONS OF IIUM STUDENTS ON THE SLEEPING HABITS AFFECT LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
1. To investigate the sleeping habits among IIUM Kuantan students. 2. To identify the students’ awareness on the effects of sleeping behaviors on the students’ learning. 3. To help the IIUM Kuantan students to find ways to improve their sleeping habits.

BACKGROUND
According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), sleep is essential for a person’s health and wellbeing. As a student, having a good sleep is a major requirement for better learning. It is to ensure one to have a good memory and maintain maximum fitness. Yet many students do not get enough sleep and suffer from sleep deprivation. It is proven that when students are sleep deprived, their focus, attention and alertness decrease, making them more difficult to receive any input. These will not only contribute to lower grades and a lack of motivation, but also negatively impact the emotion, judgment and behavior which lead to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, to get a quality night sleep is crucial to maximize learning ability among students. In addition, healthy sleeping habits help students to overcome stress and are able to make right decisions on the right situations even after a long day of packed schedule. Sleep deprivation can affect important aspects of student’s mind and body such as mood, energy, ability to learn, memory, good judgment, reaction time and efficiency. In the view of many researchers, they suggest that quality adequate sleep each day quality is very important for learning and memory that will produce much better students in all aspects including academic, personality, physical and