Homework or No Homework - DataWORKS.
The value of homework has been the subject of debate over the years. In regards to research, the jury is still out as to whether homework positively impacts a student's academic achievement.
Fourth grade students who did no homework got roughly the same score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math exam as those who did 30 minutes of homework a night. Students who did 45 minutes or more of homework a night actually did worse.
Homework definition, schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork). See more.
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One careful study from 2011 compares how the same eighth-grade students performed when assigned to a teacher who gave a lot of homework versus one who gave less. The research found that the kids with more homework did much better in math but no better in English, science or history. Although the study was done somewhat recently, it uses national data from 1988.
There is no evidence of any academic benefit supporting the value of homework for primary age children (John Hattie says it “has an effect of zero”) and there are grim uncertainties about whether homework benefits older students.
Funnily enough, different studies have shown that homework does not necessarily increase a student's knowledge base, and is not an effective learning and teaching tool. Let's look at why that.