Indlela yokushintsha ukulala: funda ngokushesha, khumbula ngokuqinile!

Indlela yokushintsha ukulala: funda ngokushesha, khumbula ngokuqinile!

Ucwaningo olushicilelwe encwadini ethi 'Psychological Science' luveze ukuthi ukulala ngesikhathi sokufunda kungenza kube lula ukukhumbula okufundile, ngisho nokukhumbula into osuyikhohlwe izinyanga eziyisi-6.

Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uStephanie Mazza waseNyuvesi yaseLyon sathi: “Imiphumela yethu yocwaningo ibonisa ukuthi ukulala ngokunye ngesikhathi sokuprakthiza kungandisa umphumela ngokuphindwe kabili, kunciphise isikhathi esichithwa ekufundeni kabusha, nokugcina inkumbulo yesikhathi eside. Ucwaningo oludlule lubonise ukuthi ukulala ngemva kokufunda kuyasiza ekufundeni. Kodwa manje sesithole ukuthi ukulala ngesikhathi sokufunda kuphumelela kakhulu.”

Nakuba ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ukuzivocavoca okuphindaphindayo nokulala kungasiza ekuthuthukiseni inkumbulo, ucwaningo olumbalwa lugxile ekutheni ukuphindaphinda nokulala kuhlangene kuyithinta kanjani inkumbulo. I-Mattress Mazza kanye nozakwabo bacabanga ukuthi ukulala phakathi nenkathi yokufunda kungenza inqubo yokufunda kabusha isebenze kahle futhi kunciphise umzamo odingekayo wokugcina ulwazi enkumbulweni.

Lolu cwaningo lubize isamba sabantu abadala abangama-40 base-French, abahlukaniswe ngokungahleliwe baba ngamaqembu 'abalele' 'nabaphapheme'. Esigabeni sokuqala, zonke izifundo zethulwe ngamapheya angu-16 amagama esiFulentshi nesiSwahili ngokulandelana okungahleliwe. Ngemva kwemizuzwana engu-7 yokufunda, kwasala amagama esiSwahili kuphela, futhi izihloko zakhetha inguqulo yesiFulentshi. Umphumela olungile uvela ngemva kwemizuzwana emi-4. Wonke amagama angahunyushwanga kahle azophinde avele kuze kube yilapho igama ngalinye lihunyushwa ngendlela efanele.

Emahoreni ayi-12 ngemuva kwesigaba sokuqala sokufunda, izifundo zaphinda zawuqeda lo msebenzi kwaze kwaba yilapho wonke amagama ayi-16 ehunyushwa ngendlela efanele.

Kubalulekile ukuthi ingxenye yezifundo iqede isigaba sokuqala somsebenzi ekuseni, futhi isigaba sesibili somsebenzi kusihlwa (iqembu 'eliphapheme'); enye ingxenye ye testee yaqeda isigaba sokuqala somsebenzi ebusuku. Bese ulala, uvuke ekuseni bese uqedela isigaba sesibili somsebenzi (iqembu 'lokulala').

Esigabeni sokuqala, isimo sokufunda samaqembu amabili sicishe sifane.

Kodwa ngemva kwamahora angu-12, imiphumela yayihlukile: ababambiqhaza eqenjini 'abalele' babambe ngekhanda isilinganiso samagama ayi-10, kuyilapho iqembu 'eliphapheme' linamagama angu-7.5. Uma bephinda ucwaningo, abantu abaseqenjini 'abalele' bangakhumbula amagama ayi-16 kuphela izikhathi ezi-3, kanti labo abaseqenjini 'eliphapheme' badinga izikhathi eziyisi-6.

Ekugcineni, womabili amaqembu akhumbula amagama angu-16, kodwa ukulala kubonakala kwenza izifundo zichithe isikhathi esincane.

UMazza uthe: 'Inkumbulo ebingekho ekuqaleni kokufunda kabusha ibonakala ishintshwa ngandlela thize ngokulala. Lolu shintsho luvumela isihloko sokuhlolwa ukuthi sihlanganise ulwazi ngokushesha, silondoloze isikhathi enqubweni yokufunda kabusha.'

Ukuthuthukiswa kwenkumbulo okutholwa yizifundo ekulaleni ngesikhathi sokufunda kubonakala kuthatha isikhathi eside. Idatha elandelayo kumatilasi ibonise ukuthi abantu abaseqenjini 'abalele' basebenze kangcono ngemva kweviki elilodwa. Iqembu 'elilele' lakhohlwa ngisho nangaphansi, lakhumbula amagama angu-15, kanti iqembu 'eliphapheme' likhumbula angu-11 kuphela. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-6, lo mphumela usabonakala.

Izinzuzo zokulala ekuhlolweni azikwazi ukuthi zibangelwa umehluko wekhwalithi yokulala yezifundo kanye nekhono lazo lenkumbulo yesikhathi eside noma yesikhashana, ngoba awukho umehluko kulezi zilinganiso phakathi kwamaqembu amabili.

UMazza waphetha: 'Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo ibonisa ukuthi okunye ukulala ngesikhathi sokufunda kungathuthukisa kalula nangempumelelo ikhono lokukhumbula ulwazi esikhathini eside.'