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  1. Homework

    When implementing homework, the evidence suggests a wide variation in impact. Therefore, schools should consider the ' active' ingredients to the approach, which may include: Considering the quality of homework over the quantity. Using well-designed tasks that are linked to classroom learning. Clearly setting out the aims of homework to pupils.

  2. Homework: What Does the Evidence Say?

    At Huntington School, we battled with the issues and surveyed the best available evidence, from the EEF Toolkit (Secondary and Primary - note the crucial differences here: homework is much more effective with older children), to specific recent studies on homework (this one via Dan Willingham). The IEE 'Best Evidence in Brief ' newsletter ...

  3. (PDF) Investigating the Effects of Homework on Student Learning and

    Homework has long been a topic of social research, but rela-tively few studies have focused on the teacher's role in the homework process. Most research examines what students do, and whether and ...

  4. Homework: What does the Hattie research actually say?

    So, what Hattie actually says about homework is complex. There is no meaningful sense in which it could be stated that "the research says X about homework" in a simple soundbite. There are some lessons to learn: The more specific and precise the task is, the more likely it is to make an impact for all learners.

  5. Homework: A review of recent research

    Homework: A review of recent research. Caroline Sharp , Pauline Benefield , Wendy Keys 01 June 2001 In 1998 the department for Education and Employment published guidance for schools regarding homework policy and practice. This thorough and wide-ranging review focuses on the best available evidence from recent research in an attempt to answer ...

  6. PDF The Homework Debate: A Brief Summary

    Support for Homework Research seen as supportive of homework can be found in a broad range of methodologies and levels of specificity. Experimental studies and correlational studies have supported the notion of homework, with arguments that: • There is some association between homework and student achievement by comparing

  7. (PDF) Primary homework in England: the beliefs and practices of

    the beliefs and practices of teachers in primary schools. Abstract. This study examines teachers' views about and practices in homework in primary. schools, based on questionnaire data from 235 ...

  8. Primary homework in England: the beliefs and practices of teachers in

    Homework is a global phenomenon and children in primary schools spend increasing amounts of time on homework (Baker and LeTendre 2005). ... David Wray Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Pages 191-204 | Received 09 Dec 2016, Accepted 22 Dec 2017, Published online: 02 ... Register to receive personalised research ...

  9. The relationship between homework time and academic performance among K

    The UK had specific mandates for homework ranging from no homework for kindergarteners to a maximum of 2.5 h per day for Years 10 and 11 (Cooper & Nye, ... we could not establish an optimal homework time. Further research, possibly incorporating a broader range of homework duration and a larger sample size, would be necessary to establish more ...

  10. The association between homework and primary school children's academic

    European Journal of Education covers all areas of educational research from global ... Abstract The association between time devoted to homework and children's academic achievement has long been an issue of great debate. ... Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK. Correspondence. John ...