“Homework” is a word students rather avoid in and out of school. Many students wonder why teachers give work to do at home. Or why they should even do homework after spending the day at school? Some think homework is a waste of time, while others tolerate it. Well, a moderate amount of homework would be helpful for students in school and in life. Moderate amount of homework? According to an article by the National Education Association [NAE], the National Parent-Teacher Association recommends about ten to twenty minutes of homework per night in the first grade, and an addition of ten minutes per grade level after that. That would add be around thirty minutes of homework each night in the third grade, and it would end up at about two hours of homework every night in twelfth grade. It is important that students are not given an excessive amount of homework that surpasses the recommendation because it would override the benefits homework has on students’ learning process.
Homework, first and foremost, provides practice for students outside of the classroom environment. A Duke professor named Harris Cooper and his colleagues published “Does Homework Improve Academic Achievement? A Synthesis of Research, 1987–2003” where studies were done on the benefits of homework. One of …show more content…
As long as a moderate amount of homework is being assigned, students will still have plenty of free time. This is where homework teaches students responsibility and time management. According to an article, “Homework: prepares, teaches, and brightens,” by Andrea Brady, homework teaches students the responsibility of having to deal with deadlines on when an assignment is due. For instances, a student needs to set priorities and goals, so the assignment will be due on time. Scheduling homework into a student’s helps him or her learn how to plan, which is needed in future education and in the real
Homework, first and foremost, provides practice for students outside of the classroom environment. A Duke professor named Harris Cooper and his colleagues published “Does Homework Improve Academic Achievement? A Synthesis of Research, 1987–2003” where studies were done on the benefits of homework. One of …show more content…
As long as a moderate amount of homework is being assigned, students will still have plenty of free time. This is where homework teaches students responsibility and time management. According to an article, “Homework: prepares, teaches, and brightens,” by Andrea Brady, homework teaches students the responsibility of having to deal with deadlines on when an assignment is due. For instances, a student needs to set priorities and goals, so the assignment will be due on time. Scheduling homework into a student’s helps him or her learn how to plan, which is needed in future education and in the real