Homework Helps High School Students High school students have an average of 3.1 hours of homework each night (qtd. in Parker). Homework consumes an immense amount of high school students’ time every night, therefore, the big question is, does homework help? Numerous educational researchers have studied this topic for over seventy years; however, there is still an ongoing debate over the value of homework (Cooper et al. 4). Nevertheless, there are many studies that have been done with high school
Homework helps students learn essential life skills such as self-discipline, independence, and perseverance; however, according to Alfie Kohn, “no study has ever confirmed the widely accepted assumption”. In modern schooling, all grade levels are given substantial amounts of homework, which causes a multitude of problems regarding physical and emotional health, along with, potential family issues and no leisure time. Therefor, there should be less classes or class time should be extended in order
To much homework may cause more harm than good. In my sophomore year being a student-athlete was a huge challenge. I would drown in homework every single night after getting home from basketball practice at 5. I would stay up until 1 a.m doing all my homework, when I would get tired I would plead with my sister to help me finish my homework I had left to do. I became stressed with 7 hours of school and then 2 hours of basketball practice and then spending all night working on my assignments. I would
Kylie Bergeson The Homework Debate: Too Much Homework! Are the teaching methods used in schools today outdated? Students spend 6-7 hours every day of the week sitting in a chair while knowledge is “drilled” into their brains; students are then expected to complete hours of homework. A student should be assigned no more than 10 minutes per grade level according to NEA guidelines. The NEA is the National Education Association. Over time the homework loads sent home to students has increased. The
Most people would say torture for children is illegal, yet homework is still being assigned today. Everyone can remember their high school and college years when many had to pull all-nighters studying and finishing that last project. However, to what purpose? How many people use Pythagorean Theorem every day? Alternatively, chemiosmosis? The assignments that teachers are giving to students for homework not only have no impact in students’ learning, it can harm them physically, mentally, and in their
Homework has been an integral part of education since children started to be educated. Recently however, homework has begun to be assigned more and more often to students, especially in the United States, as it has begun to fall further and further behind countries like China, Singapore, and Japan. Homework is anything assigned by teachers to be completed by the students either at home, or just on their own time. The workload for students has gotten to the point where more and more parents are
have been doing homework for centuries, and still continue, ranging to different subjects. Homework are the assignments given by teachers and are expected for the student to complete after school. Reason being because the teacher wants to understand content, practice, or its to give out busy work to the student. Yet people are two sided about this topic, arguing that homework needs to be given out to students or not. Parents and teachers need to comprehend the principle of homework and how it supposed
there is a great debate over homework and how it can affect student’s lives outside of school. Homework is defined as any tasks assigned to students by a teacher that is meant to be carried out during non-school hours to help them practice and prepare for their future. Since homework has been around for a long time it’s viewed as a tradition in most classrooms and homes and some parents even demand more of it. This controversy has been going on for many years; however homework is an useful tool that all
normally adults, usually say that homework is the best way for students to improve themselves outside of class time. Yet, they don’t think much about the feelings of the students who were put under the pressure of homeworkoverload. I didn’t say homework is bad academically. In fact, it is really good for students to understand their lesson better by doing work by themselves; as long as they are not overloadedanyway. I’m not against the idea of having more homework for students, but too much would
Homework #1 When I was growing up there were very few computer games that could be used as learning tools. As a child I did have computer class, however this class was used to practice typing or for playing recreational games such as Frogger. When thinking about what to write this paper on I thought of one game that has been on the up rise with children as well as adults. This game is called The SIMS. I thought that this game would be a perfect learning device to teach a variety of important
finish their homework after an extended period of time (Wallace). Many studies show the effectiveness of homework and all of the benefits it can do for us; the problem is: teachers are making kids do too much homework when they get home from school. The teachers don’t take in the environmental factors that could be harming any student 's ability to get a task done. Teachers automatically believe that kids are irresponsible or unmotivated when they don’t succeed in finishing their homework. When kids
Homework "The amount of homework is and has been just ridiculous, my child can't have a real life," one parent complained in a school district survey. "There have been nights where we have been up until 12 or 1am because my child is still working on some school assignment." Homework is stressful and has no positive outcomes: it never raises your grade, it has little educational worth, and it ties up teachers’ time is marking it down taking time away from more effective lessons. Homework should not
Homework: Does it Help, or Harm Us? When a class is almost over and a teacher starts assigning homework, every student's heart drops. When students have an excess of homework, they do not do as well. Even though homework is a good tool to help teachers teach students subjects, teachers should give less homework because too much homework causes mental health issues in students and less homework helps improve test scores. The first reason teachers should give students less homework is that it takes
assign students their usual daily pile of homework which leads to students feeling stressed as to what they must complete after school. Students are expected to manage their time according to their teacher’s schedule considering that they may not even be able to complete each assignment given to them. According to a study, students aged between six to seventeen spend on average a maximum of four hours each night completing homework. (By the Numbers: Homework).
bombarded with hours of homework every night and it interferes with their lives. They are tired of staying up late at night to finish their homework or a paper that is due the next day. They should not have this workload that they have every night because they also have to live their childhood. Life is too short to be staying up until 11:00 because of schoolwork. Homework is unhealthy for students and it is not academically beneficial for them. We all know the downfall of homework: the frustration and
CNN interviewed parents on homework load on their children, and this is what one of them said, “We just need to figure out what the right dosage is. Currently, it is much too high,” (Levine). Lew Levine is one of the parents that think that homework is too much for teenagers and kids. Excessive homework can have a lot of effects in adolescents and children.The topic about excessive homework is very imperative because most of the students in the American School of Tegucigalpa spend a lot of time doing
“Did you know that homework is one of the greatest causes of student dropouts and failing” (Kralovek 39)? Since the beginning of the twentieth century, homework has been a major debate in America. “At first, the brain was seen as a muscle that could be trained by learning from homework and people enjoyed learning at home. This enthusiastic spirit did not last long since during the 1940’s, Professor Otto explained that, ‘Compulsory homework does not result in sufficiently improved academic accomplishment
Have you ever wanted to just shred up your homework or throw it out the window and have no consequences? Kids are assigned daily homework from the time they start kindergarten at the ripe young age of five. Is it really necessary? Does it even help better learning or even higher test scores? The amount of homework we do wastes time, money, paper, and trees because it’s practically the exact same thing we did in class that day. Homework causes kid’s and teen’s frustration, tiredness, little time for
daily jobs of high school students, which leaves little time to do homework. According to my teacher Mr. Ross, Streamwood High School is one of the many schools, which is below state standards. Even though a lot of homework is given, end results are not excellent. Most students go on with their lives and do not care if an assignment is finished, so there is no improvement upon the students’ grades. Therefore, no matter how much homework is assigned, we are still below the average mark. Plus, you will
Is homework beneficial or harmful to students? Is so much homework given to students that it interferes with other interests that students enjoy? Does homework intervene with family time? Homework is school work that is assigned to be done outside of the class room. Though homework is often seen as a waste of time, it can also be seen as a way to help students to develop important skills that can be used throughout their life and to be successful when they decide to join the workforce. Although homework