Reading from educational psychologist volume 36 Number 3 2001
In education the effectiveness of homework has been widely debated. How effective is it? This article uses science to track the effectiveness of homework by grade level. The results? elementary students to lower middle school students show little upward movement in effectiveness at lower grades and slowly getting more effective as the child gets older. Why? The article states that ... "time spent on homework and achievement is weaker for students in elementary school than in secondary school..." (the plausible reasons for this are) "First research indicates... that age differences exist in children's ability to selectively attend to stimuli." (secondly) "Younger children are less able than older children to ignore irrelevant information or stimuli"
My take on the article is that teacher directed study with an emphasis on sorting and pointing out important and irrelevant information is important. With an overall goal of independence as they enter high school, giving students tools to succeed and critically think in a college setting
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