ERIC Number: EJ796054
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Publication Date: 2008-Aug
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Time Students Spend Working at Home for School
Wagner, Petra; Schober, Barbara; Spiel, Christiane
Learning and Instruction, v18 n4 p309-320 Aug 2008
The paper presents three studies which deal with the time students spend working at home for school. In addition, the paper focuses on the distribution of time investment over the course of a week and on the relationship between academic achievement and time spent working at home for school. In sum, 824 students with an average age of 15 years participated in the studies. Data collection was done using diaries. Data equivocally show that students invest on the average 11.7 hours per week in work done at home for school. Girls spend more time than boys. Over the course of a school week, systematic fluctuations in time spent working at home for school could be observed. Application of Configural Frequency Analyses identified gender as the moderating variable in the relationship between time investment and scholastic achievement. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Age, Academic Achievement, Diaries, Homework, Correlation, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis, Time Management, Case Studies, Adolescents, Data Collection, Study Habits, Learning Strategies
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