The cult of homework
Homework. The word can still send a shiver down the spine of adults who have long been done with school. (Some of us even dream about unfinished assignments.) Those who grew up in the 21st century might have particularly strong memories of struggling through after-school math problems or essays: This century has been a “homework-heavy era,” Joe Pinsker explained in The Atlantic in 2019, “with American teenagers now averaging about twice as much time spent on homework each day as their predecessors did in the 1990s.”
The research on how homework affects students is mixed. Exploring it in depth, as Pinsker does in his article, calls into question some common assumptions. Does more homework really mean a more rigorous education? What kind of homework truly engages a student? And how should schools and parents be measuring the success or failure of homework as a learning tool? Today’s newsletter brings you stories about how to help children through homework, and how to make homework better benefit kids’ growth.
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2 周For goodness sake, homework is there to aid the teaching in the classroom. If they have other distractions at home while they're trying to do the homework, that situation provides opportunities to learn how to focus and screen out unwanted noise, for example. All of these things will be useful later in life. I know I'm biased in favour of homework - ok...there, I said it.
Medical Officer @ NHM Uttar Pradesh | Medical Expertise
3 周Mujhe itna time ni hota time milta hai tab jab hospital se ghar ate time okay mai drive kr rha tha by mistake work from home ke typing suggest se hua aise jagah rehna thik h kya jha kuch time na mil sake ab bhi aap sb kuch ni jaan rhe ho,aap ye nahi samjhte ki mai kaise ek hi time me khush or usi tum bht jyada deppreed hota hooon.last 12 month se thi h life meri,puri tarah se samajhiye apne employee ya jo bhi kuch banana chahte hai.pehle usse mil ke samajhiye usse tab comment kariye sir??
English Language Teacher
3 周Flipping is supossed to be different from homework. Students don't agree though.
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3 周#Homework = #perspective outside the educational environment. IE, “???never stop learning” (even though most ppl cringe ?? due to historical human experiences as children, but we’re adults now, right? )??