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50 Years of ERIC
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Homework Communication Problems: Perspectives of Special and General Education Parents.
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Munk, Dennis D.; Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Nelson, Janet; Polloway, Edward A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Considers how the practice of including students with disabilities in general education classes has spawned interest in academic interventions, such as homework, that allow these students to be successful. Investigates the perceptions and experiences of parents of children with and without disabilities regarding homework load and problems related…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, General Education, Homework, Learning Disabilities
Resolving Homework-Related Communication Problems: Recommendations of Parents of Children with and without Disabilities.
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Harniss, Mark K.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D.; Nelson, Janet; Jayanthi, Madhavi – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Describes a national survey in which parents of children with and without disabilities rank-ordered a number of strategies that schools, teachers, and parents could use to improve communication about and completion of students' homework. Finds that parents of children with and without disabilities were in substantial agreement about strategies for…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework
Home-School Collaboration about Homework: What Do We Know and What Should We Do?
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Patton, James R.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Polloway, Edward A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Notes that when parents or guardians are closely involved in what is occurring at school, their children benefit. Considers the importance of how best to involve families in the educational process. Notes that home-school collaboration is necessary to accomplish more general, ongoing tasks, such as completing homework. Summarizes research and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework