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ERIC Number: EJ626292
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Homework for All--in Moderation.
Cooper, Harris
Educational Leadership, v58 n7 p34-38 Apr 2001
Homework substantially affects high-school students' achievement, benefits junior-high kids only half as much, and elementary kids negligibly. Homework can be an effective teaching tool when districts, schools, and teachers flex and coordinate their policies, stress developmentally appropriate assignments, and try alternatives to homework. (Contains 11 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Problems, School Policy, Teacher Responsibility
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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