Rethinking Homework
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Saved by 39 people (-4 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-03-12
- Teachakidd on 2009-09-05 - Tags alfiekohn , homework , parenting
- Dppatrick on 2009-08-10 - Tags Journals , & , Literature , Homework
- Ksu22000 on 2009-06-20 - Tags education
- Lms_explore on 2009-06-03 - Tags homework , academics , re-thinking , out of the box , questioning assumption , assessment , teaching , parenting , learning
- Izitjo on 2009-05-31 - Tags homework , article
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rustration and exhaustion
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The negative effects of homework are well known.
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loss of interest in learning.
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lack of time for other
activities
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parents lament
the impact of homework on their relationship with their children
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worry that they will be
criticized
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resent having to play the role of enforcer
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The positive effects of homework are largely
mythical.
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For starters, there is absolutely no evidence of any academic
benefit from assigning homework in elementary or middle school. For younger
students, in fact, there isn’t even a correlation between whether children
do homework (or how much they do) and any meaningful measure of achievement.
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More homework is being piled on children despite
the absence of its value.
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the burden has
increased most for the youngest children
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It’s not as though most teachers decide now and then that
a certain lesson really ought to continue after school is over because meaningful
learning is so likely to result from such an assignment that it warrants the
intrusion on family time. Homework in most schools isn’t limited to those occasions
when it seems appropriate and important. Rather, the point of departure
seems to be: “We’ve decided ahead of time that children will have to do something
every night (or several times a week). Later on we’ll figure out what to
make them do.”
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