Homework and Students
What is homework ? Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other interested parties all seem to have strong feeling on the subject of homework (Bartos, Judeen, Ed). Students complain they get too much work to complete outside of the hours they already attend classes (Goldstein, Dana). Students who reported heavy loads of homework were significantly more likely to be sleep-deprived, particularly if the homework load had increased a lot from age twelve to fifteen. During that time, the teenagers’ average sleep time dropped from more than nine hours each school night in sixth grade to less than eight hours (Sparks, Sarah D). Perhaps a more important issue is what society expects students will gain from homework and …show more content…
They afraid that their children may not get accepted into college without a rigorous amount of schoolwork ("Students and Homework"). Homework is viewed by many educators as an accepted method to increase student achievement. The "more is better" theory is unquestioned by a majority of school districts. But evidence does not support this philosophy as student test scores remain stagnant. Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal that in state after state test results have shown little change in the past decade (Bartos, Judeen, Ed). Test results often are used as the sole means of judging success, and test performance is being used to allocate funds to schools, review individual teacher performance, and determine college acceptance. Moreover, an analysis conducted by David Conley for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007 estimated that up to 40 percent of new college students need at least one remedial course upon entering college. Clearly increasing the amount of homework students are given is not having the desired effect ("Students and Homework"). Moreover, some parents try to help their children with their homework. Though on Robinson and Harris's data, published in The Broken Compass: Parental Involvement With Children's Education, show that this won't help her score higher on standardized tests because by the fact that many parents may have forgotten, or never truly understood, the material their children learn in school. Most measurable forms of parental involvement seem to yield few academic dividends for kids, or even to backfire-regardless of a parent's race, class, or level of education. Robinson speculates: "Ask them 'Do you want to see me volunteering more? Going to school social functions? Is it helpful if I help you with homework?'" he told me: "We think about informing parents and schools what they need to
What is homework ? Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other interested parties all seem to have strong feeling on the subject of homework (Bartos, Judeen, Ed). Students complain they get too much work to complete outside of the hours they already attend classes (Goldstein, Dana). Students who reported heavy loads of homework were significantly more likely to be sleep-deprived, particularly if the homework load had increased a lot from age twelve to fifteen. During that time, the teenagers’ average sleep time dropped from more than nine hours each school night in sixth grade to less than eight hours (Sparks, Sarah D). Perhaps a more important issue is what society expects students will gain from homework and …show more content…
They afraid that their children may not get accepted into college without a rigorous amount of schoolwork ("Students and Homework"). Homework is viewed by many educators as an accepted method to increase student achievement. The "more is better" theory is unquestioned by a majority of school districts. But evidence does not support this philosophy as student test scores remain stagnant. Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal that in state after state test results have shown little change in the past decade (Bartos, Judeen, Ed). Test results often are used as the sole means of judging success, and test performance is being used to allocate funds to schools, review individual teacher performance, and determine college acceptance. Moreover, an analysis conducted by David Conley for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007 estimated that up to 40 percent of new college students need at least one remedial course upon entering college. Clearly increasing the amount of homework students are given is not having the desired effect ("Students and Homework"). Moreover, some parents try to help their children with their homework. Though on Robinson and Harris's data, published in The Broken Compass: Parental Involvement With Children's Education, show that this won't help her score higher on standardized tests because by the fact that many parents may have forgotten, or never truly understood, the material their children learn in school. Most measurable forms of parental involvement seem to yield few academic dividends for kids, or even to backfire-regardless of a parent's race, class, or level of education. Robinson speculates: "Ask them 'Do you want to see me volunteering more? Going to school social functions? Is it helpful if I help you with homework?'" he told me: "We think about informing parents and schools what they need to