The Importance Of 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

I believe, as a student, that homework is just a tool that teachers use to keep us busy. Being a student who has received homework for various years, I have found that homework causes me a lot of stress (Ethos). Homework causes kids to get very stressed out, it causes stress in their families, and studies show that it does not improve test scores. Harris Cooper, a worker at Duke University (Ethos), found out that, doing more than 60 to 90 minute of homework in middle school and more than 2 hours in high school is associated with much lower scores (Logos). This just shows that homework is a useless item that students are forced to do. Firstly, students have to wake up from seven until two o'clock everyday,

Not only does homework help student but also it creates interaction between teens and parents. However, statics has shown that even though homework is a way to refresh what students have learned, it also create stress for students. Homework has shown its benefits for student but most of the time when student is given a homework it’s likely he/she will not do it. They believe it’s stressful,and when they can’t get the right answer, they gave up instantly instead of keep practicing. According to researchers, they believe that when student do more homework they get better grades and do well on the test/quizzes that were given. Even though homework has many advantage toward students, it also has disadvantage. Which include having too much homework and these things could lead to mental health issue toward students.

Looking back on my public school education, I recall traipsing home from school with elation. Finally, I was free from sitting, thinking, and working! Then, my mother would inquire about homework and my evening would go up in proverbial flames. Today, homework continues to be a topic of heated debate. Some believe that homework reinforces what students learn at school while others protest that the amount of work drags students down. So, what action are schools and teachers taking for or against homework?

Homework is often seen as a useful study tool, however it can cause more problems than solve them.

The criteria that can apply to me that measure my effort, work and so on I have put into this course would be that I have consistently done (or attempted) all of the assigned homework. My homework was always turned in on time. I have printed off all of the

Why should kids have homework? Some people believe homework is necessary it helps you practice and get ready for the next class, others believe homework isn’t necessary and it only causes stress and is boring. Students benefit from homework because it improves the parent/child relationship, allows them to learn knew things and communicate with teachers, and practice and understand knew material.

I believe we should continue to have homework until christmas because it helps my grades,keeps routine,and strengthens my brain. I hope when you are done reading this paper you agree with me.

Ugh! There is too much homework. I hate it. I think that we should have study hall because not too many schools have study hall and kids can’t get their homework done. We need study hall really bad adults have it easy they just have to teach and the kids have to do the work. Also kids get better grades from study hall and that’s what teachers want right?

School is arguably harder than a full-time job, and the homework it gives students is beyond what most adults would have to experience in their line of work, no matter their field. It involves changing your whole mindset every period, completely switching a job or major every hour or so. One must also take into account that they must understand all of these 'jobs' thoroughly, and some may interest students whereas others may not. Some have an impact in a student's future, and some have absolutely no application to their current life or future employment, which is often a serious detriment to a student's motivation. When homework is justified simply because "you have to do it", students that are not interested and truly engaged with the subject

Students all across the country are suffering from the same dilemma, homework! It may not be seen as a dilemma or even a problem but rather as something helpful to the learning process. From a student’s point of view, however, homework is one of the top causes of stress throughout high school. With the expectation to take about 6 to 7 classes a day, the amount of homework each teacher assigns starts to pile up and the workload gets overwhelming. No one wants to sit at a table wrecking their brain trying to figure out how to complete something they have no interest in. Is a student’s willingness and ability to learn not important? They can both be effected by the amount of stress that a huge workload of homework can cause. This is why teachers should decrease the amount of homework they assign and modify it to make it more balanced and challenging yet interesting and not time consuming. The amount of stress students face would diminish and students would still be learning.

In order for homework to be meaningful, it should have a purpose and be personalized and inviting to students doing the homework. A important thing to have with homework is students being able to freely talk and communicate with their teachers if they struggle. It should have unlimited opportunities and possibilities for different student learning. Homework should be helping encourage students about doing their homework with personal interests, their skills, and engage in something new.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Found in Proverbs 1:7, this verse set up how Christians should prioritize both learning about God and learning about the world he created and the laws he set up. With this in mind, learning does have an interesting quality about it. It means discovery and adventure and exploring a world that He made. All too often, however, I find myself hating the idea of school, an institution engineered for children to learn. That doesn’t mean I don’t like learning outside of school, but I’ll admit I do separate the two. School goes, for most classes, into the “boring, useless information” pile and the good classes and learning on my own go in the “exciting discovery pile”. Homework usually is the culprit of this stigma. Although homework may be a necessary evil, it should have a clear educational purpose and should never be busywork. This method of smart teaching already exists in multiple places throughout the world and the mindsets of many successful people have demonstrated this bent in education. Homework doesn’t always equal a quality education; rather the productivity of the homework manifests in how much the homework proves both memorable and enjoyable.

Homework for college level students should not be required. There are three basic functions of homework that Professor of Education, University of Connecticut Ronald T. Laconte defines in his article “Homework as a Learning Experience. What Research says to the Teacher”: practice, preparation, and extension. Preparation is defined as reading done outside of class before a topic is discussed. Extension is defined as homework that is designed to take the student beyond what was covered in class. Practice is defined as repetition of a skill through different applications. For the purpose of this discussion preparation is omitted, as well as the assignment of writing papers. Preparation of assigned reading material is a means to be able to contribute to the discussion at hand. In addition (unless there is a pop quiz) it is usually not graded. Writing academic papers is being omitted because these can be considered as being similar to a test. Writing papers tests the proficiency of English skills as well as the knowledge of the subjects you are discussing in the paper. So for the purposes of this discussion, only extension and practice are being referenced.

Homework sucks. Hours upon hours of pointless homework. Staying up past midnight almost every night, then getting up at 6 to start the day. Energy drinks and coffee is the only thing that gets us through the day since the lack of sleep we're getting. Falling asleep in class happens almost everyday. Homework is affecting the life of most students. It's not like we have a choice to go to school- it's the law. It's the law to go to school for a certain amount of hours and days. In Michigan, the required amount of school is 180 days and 1,098 hours for grades K-12. So on top of the 1,098 hour of school we are required to go to, 1-6 hours of homework every single night adds to the stress and pressure that is already on our shoulders (United States, Congress).