Homework

college, homework is the death of all students. You may enjoy it some nights, but most nights you would rather not. Throughout the school year teachers assign homework to each of their classes and expect us to take time out of our lovely, short, daily break, to stress ourselves even more than we already do. Most students are understanding of the piles of homework to do when getting home. It’s insane. Getting home, relieved of all other work, realizing you have about 3 hours worth of homework to…

have asked, “How much homework is too much?” While students do need practice outside of school, they do not need to spend an entire evening doing it. The fact is if a kid receives too much homework, it will provide little to no academic benefit for the student. In the article “Rethinking Homework”, Alfie Kohn states that homework is a non-beneficial project for young students. (Kohn). The article quotes professor Harvey Daniels as he states, “Most of what homework is doing is driving…

if I thought homework posed as a benefit I would say absolutely not. After graduating elementary school almost four years ago and starting to get real homework, I would disagree. Although it's not my favorite hobby, it remains very valuable in my life and will continue as a part of my life for quite a while. I believe homework exceeds in benefits and can help you on tests, help you learn to manage time and assume more self discipline and can even influence others. To begin, homework grants…

Homework: Everyone's Nightmare Homework is defined as “tasks assigned to students by school teachers that are intended to be carried out during nonschool hours” (Voorhees). Throughout the United States’ history people’s opinions have varied on the topic of homework. Historically, variation in the opinions of homework have shifted over time due to educational trends and world events. Today, the topic of homework continues to cause debate among various organization and schools of thought.…

Kids Have Too Much Homework? Corie Brandalise Gateway Technical College Kids Have Too Much Homework? When looking at the history or culture of homework we need to look into a few beliefs that were started years ago about homework. First homework was thought as extending the role of school beyond the classroom, it was the belief of teachers that they could control their students in and out of the classroom by sending homework home. The second belief was thought that intellectual…

Doing Homework in Class I believe that doing homework in class is a great strategy and idea, because of the information taught in a certain class or day will be fresh in your mind and less stressful for the student.This concept came to my mind on a cold winter day in the start of my freshman year of high school.This idea was finally used when I was thirteen years old(13). I learned that doing my homework in class is more efficient by how the knowledge of a certain subject will be better and less…

essential to require some homework in the teaching process. Butler (1987) states, “Homework is the time students spend outside the classroom in assigned activities to practice, reinforce or apply newly-acquired skills and knowledge and to learn necessary skills of independent study” (p.17). Most homework assigned by teachers is for practice and preparation purposes because instructional homework may be assigned to help students. Parents often have questions about why homework is assigned, how…

School, at least one homework assignment is assigned to students. Many students succeed, but others fail for a variety of reasons. Many times, homework leads to frustration and stress causing many students to give up on homework. If homework assignments were clearly explained by teachers everytime they were handed out, then it would decrease the amount of stress homework puts on students. Homework affects a students grade more if they receive a zero than a hundred. Also, homework put pressure on…

The author of “The Benefits of Homework” makes the claim that homework can positively affect student performance in school. To convey this claim the author gives many examples on how homework can benefit students. I think the author effectively supports this claim very well in this article. The author starts off with some of the negatives of homework, “ It takes up time and cuts into family life” also “Homework is too repetitive, too hard, and just too much.” I find this very odd for an…

families can say that the homework given is becoming to be over the top. Even just for elementary students, homework is starting to consume hours of their life outside of school. The larger amounts of homework causes tension between child and family, negative health effects, and differences between homework and busy work. Although some will disagree with anti-homework people, most would say that the pressure from homework is becoming a burden on students at a young age. Homework has always been…