My Childhood With Good And Bad Emotions On Homework

"As the new school year begins, administrators, teachers, students and parents will once again face the battle over the value of homework." We should know that homework has great value, but the kind of homework that is given and the amount of homework that tends to be at the heart of the war. When we are given homework there's always a time that we get a large amount of homework that will take forever to finish. For students, lengthy homework tasks tends to frustrate them. This also creates problems for teachers when kids either can't or won't complete the task, thereby stopping the teacher's efforts to continue instruction the next day because he/she counted on homework completion. The teachers need to focus on giving the kids not a large

The No Child Left Behind act, and greater pressures placed on schools to improve test scores, has caused homework to become a given in most schools. Even kindergartners began to be regularly given work to take home, and the idea of having no homework made many parents

One of the most controversial topics in education today is homework. This debate has been going on for decades, as teachers, administrators, and parents disagree on whether homework should be assigned, and if assigned, then what the right amount of homework should be. The time students spend on homework has increased over the years. “High school students get assigned up to 17.5 hours of homework per week, according to a survey of 1,000 teachers” (Bidwell). Recently, more fuel has been added in this debate because younger students in particular are receiving much more homework than before. Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing, states that “The amount of homework that younger kids – ages 6 to 9 – have

“Homework is arguably the worst punishment inflicted upon the student body.” One would think this extreme statement would come from the 10-year boys and girls who complain to their parents about the homework they have to complete. However, Rodney Jones starts of his argument against homework using this statement. He argues that homework does not help children taking up all their time. Continuing, he explains how parents should extend child’s knowledge out of school instead of homework and in the end these assignments do not help students grade. However, in contrast of Jones’ beliefs homework indeed benefits children’s learning through the small amounts of extra practice it gives to help the students excel.

Everyday, when the school day is over, students are most likely to get homework to do when they get home. This can be a lot or a little amount of homework, but it can still effect the students the way they are. These effects can be good, bad, or nothing, so today, we take a look whether homework should be assigned or not.

With many parents not being able to help their children complete their homework, it does nothing but add more stress onto their plate. And in turn the child is left with a kind of “overload” feeling.

A second grade teacher’s note to parents have caught the eyes of many and has arose a bit of speculation in Texas. In her letter home she states that there will be no homework other than unfinished classwork from that day. She then states that instead she recommends the parents should focus on eating as a family, reading together, playing outside and getting to bed early (Brandy Young). Endless studies have proven that sleep is one of the most important factors in success for the body and mental health. Other studies such as social interaction and attention from adult figures the child looks up upon have showed great benefits for children in and out of the classroom as well. Ms. Young backs herself up by saying, “research

There are many key components of every student’s high school experience: classes, social events, planning for the future, and, of course, homework. Some get more assignments than others depending on the rigor of one’s courses, but everyone is bound to be assigned homework in high school; in some cases, it can make or break students’ GPAs. Despite its appearances in nearly every high school across the country and the world, homework has become a hotly debated topic as of late due to increasing quantities of assignments and the immense pressure put on students to complete them. Some feel that it’s the natural course of the education system, while some believe that it’s all becoming nearly uncontrollable. The different perspectives on this issue have put teachers, parents, students, and

Homework was designed so students would go home and practice what it is they learned in class and the concept would then be reinforced. However, many would agree that homework, no longer serves this purpose. For example, “we pay almost no attention to how to improve its design and content...Homework remains an orphan child of the educational excellence movement.” (Source B) Despite this article, arguing against a homework decrease, the author agrees that homework doesn’t have the same educational purpose as it was designed to. Teachers and parents don’t pay any attention as to how to improve homework in order to make it beneficial to the student and not just busy work. Also, students may chose to take tougher classes that require more homework, but it does not mean that homework is boosting their achievement. (Source C) Higher achieving

In the United States, according to the Institute of Education Sciences, “In fall 2015, about 50.1 million students will attend public, elementary, and secondary schools. Of these, 35.2 million will be in prekindergarten through grade 8 and 14.9 million will be in grades 9 through 12.” During attendance at these schools, students usually tend to receive homework that is assigned by the teacher to be completed on time outside of class instruction. With this distribution of homework, there has been a call to question the banning of this tool in most schools. However, there are numerous arguments to be made in the denial of banning homework.

Schools have a tremendous job that the American society expects them to uphold and keep on standard. That job is educating our youth to be the next leaders and figures in generations to come. This requires schools to adapt and incorporate appropriate techniques and procedures that will in the end provide kids the best education possible. However one of those tools, homework, has taken a decline when it comes to the minds of young children in the elementary schools of the L.A. county school district. According to an Edutopia research study, “young students are still developing study habits like concentration and self-regulation” (Terada ,1) translating into the loss of homework’s value and validity within the context of children. There needs to be a clear instruction to outline the specifics of limiting the number of hours and the types of homework assignments a child in the grades 1st-4th has to work on outside of class, while at the same time supplementing this policy by providing a diversified after school program able to reach any child’s needs. This educational policy will in turn revamp the educational value embedded in homework from the perspectives of children and set them on a path to be successful all while maintaining the youthfulness of being a child.

Educators in America have been assigning homework as a mandatory part of students' education for years. In the early 1900's, the Ladies Home Journal movement claimed homework was detrimental to students' health, and since then homework has been highly debated as to whether homework is beneficial for students' education. There have been different homework movements and stances throughout the last century. In the 1900s there was a movement in America that advocated for the termination of homework. In the 1940s-1960's, debates shifted from abolishing homework, to reforming homework to better suit the individual student. Then, most recently, the launch of Sputnik boosted the pro-homework movement (SFGATE). Teachers, parents and students across

In today’s day and age, a most common belief by most members of society is that homework is a great way to engrave what you learned in class that day into your brain. Many people believe that taking home a worksheet that covers what you learned in class today not only engraves it into your brain, but it keeps your brain thinking and in turn you will do better on tests and quizzes. It is my belief that we are assigned too much homework. Not only does the school expect us to show up and attend class every day, but they also expect us to take home worksheets and work on them when most of us don’t really have time to do school work at home. There are tons of us who have other commitments outside of school, many of us play a club sport, are involved in our community and a great number of us have jobs and work after school.

The lack of parent support plus a confusing homework assignment may lead to a discouraged student. As someone who hopes to teach in an inner city school system, I believe it is very crucial to understand the students’ background and adjust the classroom accordingly. I am interested in learning if the benefits of having assigned homework outweigh the negatives. This research can help determine student success in my classroom. I want all my students to be successful and would feel discouraged if homework was the reason student grades began to slip. I am curious if classroom work alone is enough to keep grades and understanding of material

In a study General Society conducted, 16% of teens viewed themselves as workaholics, 39% said they felt under constant pressure to do more than they can handle and 64% cut back on sleep to do the things they need to do. As these tasks are quite time consuming, students state that homework is the most out of all the unpaid activities they do throughout the day, as 60% complete 2 hours and 20 minutes on average each day (CBC news, 2007). The amount of homework students receive on average daily has greatly increased in the past 15 years, which concerns parents. Homework interferes with students’ lives outside of school, a student’s overall health, and consumes countless hours, which is why it should be limited to a reasonable amount.