PREPARATION HOMEWORK is assigned to introduce content that will be addressed in future lessons. Examples include practicing multiplication facts or writing simple sentences in order to commit theses skills and concepts to long-term memory. Practice homework promotes retention and automaticity of the concept, skill, and content taught. PRACTICE HOMEWORK reinforces learning from the skills and concepts already taught in the classroom. Homework is assigned either as practice, preparation, extension, or integration of grade-level skills and concepts. Let’s begin with the purpose of homework…Įducators assign homework for different reasons and purposes. Most studies show positive effects for certain students, others suggest no effects, and some even suggest negative effects according to research by Alfie Kohn, an independent scholar (2006). Although homework has academic and non-academic advantages and disadvantages, the majority of studies conducted reveal inconclusive evidence that assigning homework increases student achievement.
According to a survey by the University of Michigan, homework has doubled over the last twenty years, especially in the younger grades, due to the school’s requirement to meet higher-than-ever achievement goals for children. These questions represent the ongoing debate surrounding homework for the past two decades.
So what’s appropriate? What is the purpose of homework? What are the advantages and disadvantages of homework? How much homework should be assigned? How important is the quality of the assignments? And most importantly: Does homework increase student achievement? Some students are given hours of work while other students are assigned little or no work to be done at home. The amount of homework students are given differs greatly across grade levels and states. TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE HOMEWORK…That is the question!
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