Although homework is often regarded as a useful tool for student learning, homework is a tedious and unnecessary task which overburdens students by removing them from the productive classroom environment, by preventing them from participating in extracurriculars, and by robbing them of the essential time necessary for self care.
Homework proves to be detrimental in that it forces students to work individually, in an environment where help is not available to them. Although homework is often viewed as a tool for students to practice what they learned throughout the school day, forcing students to work at home deprives them of a productive environment in which they can effectively ask questions to increase their understanding. Students may be taught a concept in school, but once they go home they may not understand the material enough to complete the homework adequately. At home, students often do not have the appropriate resources to complete their work. Thus, putting them in such an unproductive environment would garner no progress for the student. This could put students further behind, and would force the
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While some believe that education is the sole factor in advancement, social ability and outside knowledge are essential to advancement. Children who participate in after school clubs ( i.e. sports and volunteer groups) are shown to be more well rounded and have higher cognitive ability. Extracurriculars provide an opportunity for students to branch out and develop new skills and interests, therefore preparing them to enter the working world with some idea of which career to pursue. In addition many students seek to gain scholarships from their extracurriculars in order to further their education after high school. Without the time for these activities, however, all of these benefits lay out of students
When you think about school one of the first things that pops into people’s mind is homework. Basically if you have asked your parents or your grandparents they would say that they remember the homework load. Now we all know that homework can be beneficial but also can be very unhealthy with all of the stress that it causes. Over the years the homework load has increased because of the fact that schools think that they need to try to keep up with other countries in academics. And will doing all of this homework now be all for nothing later? The homework load has increased these past couple of years and it is causing a lot of stress on kids and overall is not helping their academics in the long run.
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 starting to notice the load for their kids has gotten to be too much. Many kids in high school, even 9th and 10th graders, can have 3 or even 4 hours of homework every night. In the past couple years, homework has gotten so out of control that parents are starting to speak out, and protest the amount of homework that students get each night (Marzano). In addition, studies have been done to determine the value of homework, but overall, the results are mixed at best (Kohn). Even studies that show a positive relationship between homework and test scores, among other things, show that homework is only effective when assigned in a moderate amount. Too much homework can be counter-productive, or have adverse effects on students. Students with too much homework can perform worse on tests, and develop serious physical and mental health problems from too much stress or lack of sleep.
“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.’ When Sputnik was launched in the 1950’s, the United States feared that Russia would dominate the world in technology if homework continued to be unnecessary. This incident has partially shaped our country to compete more with other nations. Yet again, during the 1960’s, researchers and educators feared that needless pressure on students was a symptom of overdoing homework. Educator P. R. Wildman wrote in the late sixties that homework does not meet its expectations when it blocks out social experiences, creative activities, outdoor recreation, and deprives students of their recommended daily sleep” (Cooper 34, 38). Today, homework continues to grow in need for students entering high schools and higher education; nonetheless, concern has grown over its benefits for all, especially elementary children. There are many necessary life skills that homework can provide for everyone, which must be used appropriately and in moderation. According to researchers, such as Harris Cooper, homework should be limited, even though research approves of its increased effectiveness as students grow older. Overall, America has witnessed major problems with homework overdoses because many of America’s families have become disrupted, the urge to improve test scores does not always come from doing homework, different ages deal better with specific types of homework, and problems with student behavior and attention in and out of school may arise.
There have been so many studies recently that talk about how homework has started to become more burdensome for more students. The United States has gone from teaching to shoving homework in kids’ faces to keep them on the idea that school is always there. Classes have been extended from 45 minutes each day to an hour and a half. This was supposed to allow students work time at the end of classes and get help when needed. Instead, teachers lecture from beginning to end. This gives no time for students to get the help they need when can’t come in any other time. The rationale has changed in America that doing more, always means doing better. This, however, can be the downfall to anything. There can’t be homework assigned just for busy work, that becomes a waste of time. The homework needs to be assigned as a thoughtful way to engage students, so they know what is being
One of the reasons homework should be banned is because of the unnecessary stress and strain it creates for students. Many students are left pulling their hair out at homework time. Students struggle with homework for different reasons. Some of which are because they do not understand the assigned homework, or they are not being challenged, and quite possibly because they have hit their daily threshold for learning and have no more to give. Furthermore, students who struggle academically will likely require extra assistance to do their homework. Students are therefore tasked with finding a qualified person to assist them with homework. Students are not only under the stress of homework, but now they are under additional stress to find a qualified person that can assist them. Unfortunately, some students may not be able to obtain the help they need with their homework. Consequently and to no fault of their own their grades may be affected inaccurat...
Imagine, sitting at your desk. It’s 11:30 p.m., and the paper is peeling off your social studies poster. The numerous Spanish papers are spread across the messy floor. The research paper on George Washington is only half done. Your parents yell at you for being up way too late. Night after night, year after year, students deal with a tremendous amount of homework each night. Parents and children hope that homework, after students’ activities, will help children achieve academically. Yet, students spend hours on homework and find no academic achievement. Homework can cause a student to become stressed, or it can cause them to lose family time and sleep. A daily homework assignment is a non-beneficial way for students to be educated, and it causes detrimental effects to their lives; therefore, homework should be eliminated from a student’s daily schedule.
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 other activities and possibly even a loss of interest in their education. It also keeps everyone up; it has kids and teens staying up until they finish it, the parents trying to help them and the teachers grading it. So, I think that homework is a waste and kids and teens should choose whether they want to do their homework for extra credit and practice or not.
The second article I looked into was “Homework Research and Policy: A Review of the Literature” written by Harris Cooper goes over what he has researched over the issues that homework brings up. In this article he discusses how in over 60 years of research homework has been a rollercoaster of an issue. In some periods it is viewed as helpful and that more should be assigned. In other periods it is viewed as too much and that students should be assigned more meaningful tasks. “Elementary students' performance did not improve when they spent more time on homework.
Homework, why it's bad Think about this: An employe is working for 8 hours then there boss asks u to go home and do a two hour of work and they have two kids at home that need to still eat dinner and one of them have to go to basketball practice and the other has to go to work at the same time and they have to finish the job their boss gave them. This is how some students feel they go to should eight hours a day then go home and have to do more work but at the same time they have something they need to do other than do more school work. According to the author in the article why homework is bad for kids states a lot of reasons why homework is bad for kids one of the main reasons is that kids are too overwhelmed with homework that they drop out of school is because of conflicts at home between parents and children about homework and missing and Incomplete homework from school that is bringing down there grade.
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.
Homework is a debated topic all over the United States. It is a constant argument between students and teachers, and sometimes even parents. Teachers encourage students to be active and involved in extracurricular actives, yet they also expect students to do hours of homework every night. Teachers assign homework nearly every night, but is it hurting more than it is helping. Students should not be expected to do homework every night.
Assigning homework to students is non beneficial to their learning. One reason homework is non constructive is that it is often over assigned and takes up valuable family time. A New York Times article interviewed a student named Jasmine, who is a middle schooler. She said that by the time she gets home after doing homework, it is 9 o’clock at night, and her parents are
Students spend hours doing it, teachers spend hours checking it. Homework is sometimes a burden to teachers and students but still it is necessary. Some people doubt homework's effectiveness, but teachers and researchers agree homework is essential. Homework helps students get better grades in school.
Have you ever wonder why students required to do homework? The idea of homework is to expand the students’ critical thinking skills and practice for a subject that requires more understanding for students. Young students learned that they must be in an environment where homework is an essential requirement to do at home after school. As they grow up they learn also that the homework’s grade may affect to their overall grade and that if they do not complete it they would get a lower grade in the class. This idea of homework affecting their grade may leave the students to stress and have anxiety they would have once they get to their home. This is because they may need more help than what the teachers requires them with or they may have not understood it well when the subject was being
In conclusion, homework should be abolished within school environments for the well-being of the general population. Schools, and students could benefit greatly from the elimination of homework within its society. Such facts are true because homework puts a strain on some families, poorer kids are unable to receive the same help as their wealthier peers, teachers don’t know how to assign proper assignments and a correlation does not exist between better grades and higher amounts of work. Due to the increase in valid reasons to eliminate homework within school districts, many locations are making the switch to a homework free society, creating a better world for students to grow up and become leaders in!