Is homework worth the hassle? - BBC News.
When the lesson is about to end and the teacher announces homework requirements, they might think that a three or four session stuck behind more books and writing after school has finished is going to further their education. But piling on the homework will not help children advance in school, in fact, it could well have the reverse effect entirely. A study by a group of Australian researchers.
He found that homework offered a general beneficial impact on test scores and improvements in attitude, with a greater effect seen in older students. But dig deeper into the issue and a complex set of factors quickly emerges, related to how much homework students do, and exactly how they feel about it.
Our results indicate that homework is an important determinant of student test scores. Relative to more standard spending related measures, extra homework has a larger and more significant impact.
While most 15-year-old students spend part of their after-school time doing homework, the amount of time they spend on it shrank between 2003 and 2012. Socio-economically advantaged students and students who attend socio-economically advantaged schools tend to spend more time doing homework.
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The impact of students’ views of school on KS2-KS4 academic progress 90 The impact of homework on KS2-KS4 academic progress 92 7 Discussion and conclusions 94 Raw differences in attainment for different student groups 95 The net impact of child, family and HLE characteristics on GCSE attainment in Year 11 96 Attendance 100 Duration 100.
Study finds homework has limited value. AM. By Rachel Carbonell. Updated June 26, 2013 10:38:54 Photo: The research found homework should have a more social focus.