Examining these arguments offers important perspectives on the wider educational and developmental consequences of homework practices. 1. Elevated Stress and Health Consequences. According to Gitnux, U.S. high school students who have over 20 hours of homework per week are 27% more likely to encounter health issues.
Students' mental health: Is it time to get rid of homework in schools?
For older students, Kang says, homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night. "Most students, especially at these high achieving schools, they're doing a minimum of three hours, and it's ...
This school without grades or homework has a 98% college ...
Tavenner says. "And the power of those three questions is actually asking about each individual student.". No homework. Grades you can change. This school is challenging everything about our approach to education - and it's working with a 98% college acceptance rate.
Is Homework Good for Kids? Here's What the Research Says
A Massachusetts elementary school has announced a no-homework pilot program for the coming school year, lengthening the school day by two hours to provide more in-class instruction. "We really ...
Should We Get Rid of Homework?
In these letters to the editor, one reader makes a distinction between elementary school and high school: Homework's value is unclear for younger students. But by high school and college ...
The Rise of the 'No Homework' School
One of the strongest arguments for no homework policies is that homework cuts down on valuable family time. When parents work full-time jobs and students are in school for most of the day, families have only a limited amount of time to spend together. If students must also complete hours of homework in the evening, that family time decreases ...
Why Homework Should Be Banned From Schools
American high school students, in fact, do more homework each week than their peers in the average country in the OECD, a 2014 report found. It's time for an uprising. Already, small rebellions ...
Why does homework exist?
The homework wars are back. by Jacob Sweet. Feb 23, 2023, 3:04 AM PST. Jiayue Li for Vox. As the Covid-19 pandemic began and students logged into their remote classrooms, all work, in effect ...
Homework is pointless. Here's what you should do instead
No efficiency, no productivity, no agenda; just parents and children hanging out. There's been a lot of research and debate on the academic value of homework for school-aged children.
Does homework still have value? A Johns Hopkins education expert weighs
Q+A. Does homework still have value? A Johns Hopkins education expert weighs in. Joyce Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, discusses why homework is essential, how to maximize its benefit to learners, and what the 'no-homework' approach gets wrong. The necessity of homework has been a subject of ...
If Elementary Schools Say No to Homework, What Takes Its Place?
Many high schools are getting the message about student stress and are looking for ways to lighten the homework load. The so-called "no homework" movement is focused on elementary grades, but framing the choice as "no homework vs. homework" is misguided, according to Maurice Elias of Rutgers University and co-author of Emotionally Intelligent ...
Why Homework Doesn't Seem To Boost Learning--And How It Could
The following year, the superintendent of a Florida school district serving 42,000 students eliminated homework for all elementary students and replaced it with twenty minutes of nightly reading ...
Homework Pros and Cons
Homework does not help younger students, and may not help high school students. We've known for a while that homework does not help elementary students. A 2006 study found that "homework had no association with achievement gains" when measured by standardized tests results or grades. [ 7]
Schools try no-homework policies amid complaints about overload
Sept. 8, 2014, 6:44 AM PDT. By. Fed up with the tension over homework, some schools are opting out altogether. No-homework policies are popping up all over, including schools in the U.S., where ...
Growing number of elementary schools now homework-free
No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to allow kids more time to play, participate in ...
Should Kids Get Homework?
And homework has a greater positive effect on students in secondary school (grades 7-12) than those in elementary. "Every child should be doing homework, but the amount and type that they're doing ...
Should Students Have Homework?
But while many elementary schools are considering no-homework policies, middle schools and high schools have been reluctant to abandon homework. Schools say parents support homework and teachers know it can be helpful when it is specific and follows certain guidelines. For example, practicing solving word problems can be helpful, but there's no ...
Homework vs. No Homework Is the Wrong Question
In school, we refer to them as "students" but outside of school, as children, they are still learners. So it makes no sense to even advertise a "no homework" policy in a school. It sends the wrong message. The policy should be, "No time-wasting, rote, repetitive tasks will be assigned that lack clear instructional or learning purposes."
A World Without Homework
A World Without Homework. Published On: February 6, 2020. In recent years, researchers and teachers have been experimenting with a "no homework" policy in the classroom. Though it may sound dubious, some evidence suggests "no homework" might be a good idea. Studies have shown that more homework in elementary and middle school does not ...
Thinking About a No Homework Policy? Here's What You Should Know
The teacher decides the amount of homework to be given and should do so based on the classroom's and school's needs. After all, all schools are different because no one school serves the same ...
New Trend: No Homework for Elementary Students
A study conducted at Stanford University in 2013 showed the amped up stress and physical ailments high school students face especially when spending too much time on their homework. So perhaps a ...
No Homework Policy
At The Country School, children have no homework until the second trimester of 5th grade. There is no evidence of a clear connection between homework, improved test scores and academic achievement in the lower grades. Traditional homework also limits valuable family time, and may even be detrimental to students' mental health. Once homework ...
Free Internet for Schools: Project 10Million
Project 10Million is designed to help eliminate the homework gap, supporting school districts with an offer of FREE internet for 10 million households. Learn more! Skip ... 10Million is an initiative aimed at delivering internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost. Partnering with school districts across the ...
Olympics gave Arizona's first female athlete a window to the world
From coaching to cancer, Arizona's first female Olympian can take on anything Lois Drinkwater Thompson was going into her senior year at Central High School in Phoenix when she made the 1968 U.S ...
Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Intelligence Homework Assistance
Download Citation | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Intelligence Homework Assistance Tools on High School Students' Academic Performance and Personal Development | Technological advancement ...
COMMENTS
Examining these arguments offers important perspectives on the wider educational and developmental consequences of homework practices. 1. Elevated Stress and Health Consequences. According to Gitnux, U.S. high school students who have over 20 hours of homework per week are 27% more likely to encounter health issues.
For older students, Kang says, homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night. "Most students, especially at these high achieving schools, they're doing a minimum of three hours, and it's ...
Tavenner says. "And the power of those three questions is actually asking about each individual student.". No homework. Grades you can change. This school is challenging everything about our approach to education - and it's working with a 98% college acceptance rate.
A Massachusetts elementary school has announced a no-homework pilot program for the coming school year, lengthening the school day by two hours to provide more in-class instruction. "We really ...
In these letters to the editor, one reader makes a distinction between elementary school and high school: Homework's value is unclear for younger students. But by high school and college ...
One of the strongest arguments for no homework policies is that homework cuts down on valuable family time. When parents work full-time jobs and students are in school for most of the day, families have only a limited amount of time to spend together. If students must also complete hours of homework in the evening, that family time decreases ...
American high school students, in fact, do more homework each week than their peers in the average country in the OECD, a 2014 report found. It's time for an uprising. Already, small rebellions ...
The homework wars are back. by Jacob Sweet. Feb 23, 2023, 3:04 AM PST. Jiayue Li for Vox. As the Covid-19 pandemic began and students logged into their remote classrooms, all work, in effect ...
No efficiency, no productivity, no agenda; just parents and children hanging out. There's been a lot of research and debate on the academic value of homework for school-aged children.
Q+A. Does homework still have value? A Johns Hopkins education expert weighs in. Joyce Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, discusses why homework is essential, how to maximize its benefit to learners, and what the 'no-homework' approach gets wrong. The necessity of homework has been a subject of ...
Many high schools are getting the message about student stress and are looking for ways to lighten the homework load. The so-called "no homework" movement is focused on elementary grades, but framing the choice as "no homework vs. homework" is misguided, according to Maurice Elias of Rutgers University and co-author of Emotionally Intelligent ...
The following year, the superintendent of a Florida school district serving 42,000 students eliminated homework for all elementary students and replaced it with twenty minutes of nightly reading ...
Homework does not help younger students, and may not help high school students. We've known for a while that homework does not help elementary students. A 2006 study found that "homework had no association with achievement gains" when measured by standardized tests results or grades. [ 7]
Sept. 8, 2014, 6:44 AM PDT. By. Fed up with the tension over homework, some schools are opting out altogether. No-homework policies are popping up all over, including schools in the U.S., where ...
No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to allow kids more time to play, participate in ...
And homework has a greater positive effect on students in secondary school (grades 7-12) than those in elementary. "Every child should be doing homework, but the amount and type that they're doing ...
But while many elementary schools are considering no-homework policies, middle schools and high schools have been reluctant to abandon homework. Schools say parents support homework and teachers know it can be helpful when it is specific and follows certain guidelines. For example, practicing solving word problems can be helpful, but there's no ...
In school, we refer to them as "students" but outside of school, as children, they are still learners. So it makes no sense to even advertise a "no homework" policy in a school. It sends the wrong message. The policy should be, "No time-wasting, rote, repetitive tasks will be assigned that lack clear instructional or learning purposes."
A World Without Homework. Published On: February 6, 2020. In recent years, researchers and teachers have been experimenting with a "no homework" policy in the classroom. Though it may sound dubious, some evidence suggests "no homework" might be a good idea. Studies have shown that more homework in elementary and middle school does not ...
The teacher decides the amount of homework to be given and should do so based on the classroom's and school's needs. After all, all schools are different because no one school serves the same ...
A study conducted at Stanford University in 2013 showed the amped up stress and physical ailments high school students face especially when spending too much time on their homework. So perhaps a ...
At The Country School, children have no homework until the second trimester of 5th grade. There is no evidence of a clear connection between homework, improved test scores and academic achievement in the lower grades. Traditional homework also limits valuable family time, and may even be detrimental to students' mental health. Once homework ...
Project 10Million is designed to help eliminate the homework gap, supporting school districts with an offer of FREE internet for 10 million households. Learn more! Skip ... 10Million is an initiative aimed at delivering internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost. Partnering with school districts across the ...
From coaching to cancer, Arizona's first female Olympian can take on anything Lois Drinkwater Thompson was going into her senior year at Central High School in Phoenix when she made the 1968 U.S ...
Download Citation | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Intelligence Homework Assistance Tools on High School Students' Academic Performance and Personal Development | Technological advancement ...