The Truth About Homework


	The Truth About Homework

iteachcomputers

10-22-2007 2:04 PM

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iteachcomputers says:

Great article about how homework is unecessary.

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  evidence that homework is beneficial for students in elementary school. 
  Even if you regard standardized test results as a useful measure, homework
  (some versus none, or more versus less) isn’t even <I>correlated </I>with
  higher scores at these ages.  The only effect that does show up is more
  negative attitudes on the part of students who get more assignments.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/homework.htm?2">In high school, some studies do find a correlation
  between homework and test scores (or grades), but it’s usually fairly small
  and it has a tendency to disappear when more sophisticated statistical
  controls are applied. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/homework.htm?2">it’s “qualitative changes in the ways students view
  themselves in relation to the task, engage in the process of learning, and
  then respond to the learning activities and situation.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/homework.htm?2">they <I>preferred</I> to have
  students do these things during class where it was possible to observe,
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