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Cooper, Harris – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008
Perhaps more than any question other than "How much time should students spend doing homework?" parents and educators want to know, "What kinds of homework assignments are most effective?" Clearly, the answers to this question vary according to many factors, especially the developmental level of students and the topic area. Generally, answers are…
Descriptors: Homework, Instructional Effectiveness, Individualized Instruction, Group Activities
Cooper, Harris – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008
Homework has been a controversial teaching strategy throughout the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first. This brief presents a history of homework, in which media-fueled outcries for more or less homework occur cyclically, about fifteen to twenty years apart. It describes homework practices today and the beneficial and negative…
Descriptors: Homework, Teaching Methods, Standards, Academic Achievement
Cooper, Harris – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008
Opinions vary on whether or not homework has positive effects on achievement. In the literature, the author found six studies conducted between 1987 and 2003 that compared homeworkers with no-homeworkers, and equated students by using either: (1) random assignments of students to conditions; or (2) statistical controls or by matching a student in…
Descriptors: Homework, Academic Achievement, Scores, Educational Research