Homework importance

In America’s past, many women stayed home to tend to the kids. But times have certainly changed, with many non-traditional one-parent households, and many nuclear families now consisting of two-parent earners both with jobs outside the home. Many homework assignments are checked for completion and not accuracy.

No matter which book or study you read, the main arguments against home-based assignments seem to revolve around the following ideas: It encroaches on important family time at home. Parents and researchers alike have noted that homework cuts down on the already limited time that parents have to spend with their children.

Third, when homework is related to test scores, the connection tends to be strongest-or, actually, least tenuous-with math. If homework turns out to be unnecessary for students to succeed in that subject, it’s probably unnecessary everywhere.

Homework bridges the gap between school and home. Students, teachers and parents can monitor progress. The institution can involve parents in the learning process. Homework can be a useful assessment tool, as part of continual or portfolio assessment. Teachers tend to have mixed feelings about homework.