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The Homework Debate: Arguments For/Against Homework
<p>The study of homework and its implications that it is effective in a child’s ability to retain information has constantly been in question since the idea of homework was adopted over a hundred years ago. One of the main goals in education is high student performance. The United States has …
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Decreasing Homework Excuses and Increasing Homework Hand-Ins
… in a short amount of time. Teachers assign homework in an effort to teach the required material effectively and efficiently, but this effort is thwarted as students often return with unfinished work. This thesis project charts the discussion around homework since its inception and explores …
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Homework and Student Motivation
Homework and the motivation of students’ to complete it is a continuing challenge for educators and parents everywhere. Frustration by educator and student alike begs the question, why assign homework? What is its purpose or academic goal? Some experts argue homework is a means to assess students …
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Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Homework Assignments Effective At Increasing Student Homework Completion
… understanding of the phenomenon regarding which homework assignments, as perceived by middle school teachers, most effectively resulted in students submitting completed assignments. This study fills a gap and helps explain which homework assignments are more effective at increasing homework …
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Homework Journaling in Undergraduate Mathematics
… study is to fill that gap by implementing homework journals, which are a journal writing assignment based on Powell and Ramnauth's (1992) "multiple-entry log," in a college mathematics course and studying the relationship between homework journals and students' motivation towards learning …
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The Dog Ate My Homework: A Qualitative Study of Students' Views of Their Homework Experiences
… literature and public conversations regarding homework; therefore, this study was designed to include students’ voices in future conversations. This study examined the responses of ten high school students enrolled in an eleventh grade English Language and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) …
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Homework Practices That Need a Change
… schools, teachers and students nationwide. Homework plagues students and families every night throughout the school year. It impedes on their family time, creates frustration for students and parents, all the while not producing the sense of achievement most people would think. Kohn (2012), …
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What are elementary students' perceptions of their homework? an investigation on student achievement and their homework completion
… general education elementary students spent on homework and their corresponding academic achievement. The participants of the study included 83 fifth through eighth graders from a rural elementary school. Of those 67 were general education students and 16 were special education students. A …
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The relationship between homework and academic achievement
Homework has been a topic of interest in the public, research and educational arenas throughout the last decades. Yet, researchers disagree on the influence of homework on academic achievement and its value as an instructional technique. Similarly, educators, parents and policymakers have debated …
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Differentiating biology homework to enhance academic achievement
… of the study is to determine if differentiating homework for biology will motivate students to complete and turn in homework, address the needs of diverse learners, and improve academic achievement. The rationale assumes there is a positive relationship between homework completion and academic …
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Increasing Parent Involvement Through Homework Assistance Opportunities
<p>One of the greatest challenges facing the United States in the 21 century is providing a quality education for all children regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds. Given that children of minorities represent one of the fastest growing segments of the nation's population and the largest …
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Do Homework Trackers Affect Students’ Academic Performance?
… Many teachers state that students who complete homework perform better academically. The current study analyzed whether homework planners (trackers) had any positive effect on the academic performance of 16 seventh grade students in a very small and rural school district. This was a mixed study …
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Homework and School: Children, Parents, and Community
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:55:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7820906.pdf: 8563531 bytes, checksum: f43f8d09a57e8bece845df5960682e0b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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The impact of peer support on homework completion
… peers teaching peers may have on the quality of homework. The participant was at the 3rd grade level of education in a public elementary school. Using a goal setting tool, the participant and investigator were able to benchmark the correctness of work completed by the participant in relation to …
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Homework in a Middle School: A Program Evaluation
… program evaluation document is to examine the homework and assessment practices of a suburban middle school. The evaluation includes an assessment of the perceptions of teachers and students regarding homework and grading practices in the school. The program evaluation document includes a …
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