This article spoke about how homework over the past years has merely become busy work and not an actual means of learning. Paul discusses how in order for a child to learn, the teacher should give him/her more of the same work in smaller portions, rather then a lot of work on irrelevant and different subjects. When teachers repeat certain areas children are prone to remember them better. The article stresses how much homework children are responsible for nowadays and how these children do not work as hard on it. That makes sense because if personally I were given worksheet after worksheet then I would start making facts up or just lowering the quality of my work so I get it over with. So basically, teachers should give less homework, and continue with repetition, because that is the best way to learn.
This is an important article for not only teachers and students, but for parents as well. I find it interesting when the article mentioned that no matter how much homework teachers gave the overall test scores did not increase, this was because children were not focusing on the homework quality. This opens the eyes of parents because that way they can realize the amount of pressure and stress their children are under. Teachers should read this and re-evaluate the way they teacher, though it might be insulting, it is also important. Lastly, students should read this because it will give most of them a heads up that homework is supposed to be there to help them learn, not to keep them busy.
"Homework That Keeps You Trapped at Home"
Does it depend on the child's study skills? Could this type of busywork be beneficial for some? (Maybe it simply keeps them out of trouble, but then that posses another question.)Has school become a means of teenage day-care?
Impact/Conflict
Human Interest
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