Increasing Homework Completion in the Classroom

Increasing homework completion in the classroom

This project was difficult and time consuming. Since I teach Behavior Disorders, I decided I wanted to change a particular behavior of a student in my class. This student was struggling to turn in their homework and I wanted to help the student to start turning in his homework and see the positive effects on his behavior and grades.

I had to choose a subject whose behavior I could analyze and eventually change. This was probably the most difficult part of the entire action plan. Not only did I have to choose a student, but I also had to determine the undesired behavior. Once I found my subject and the undesired behavior that I wanted to change, I than had to think of what I wanted as the desired behavior.

When all the thinking and eliminating was done, I finally had a subject and a target behavior. I then started to do research on the various things that would help my subject in his target behavior. There are many articles that I found that had nothing to do with what I was looking for. I was fortunate enough to find some articles that related to my topic and were very beneficial in the upcoming months.

The next thing I had to do was research my subject. This was fairly easy for me because I had him in class for most of the school day. I knew his IQ score and how he has done on the district wide assessments the past three years. I have also talked to his parents before and have a good repo ire with them and as well as their son.

The target behavior I was looking for was; homework turned in within the first five minutes of class. I then started to collect data. This was fairly easy at the beginning because I used permanent recording. I used an ABAB design. This...

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...have either positive or negative effects on school performance” (Pg. 58). The author notes it is very evident in the classroom whether students react positive or negative by their reactions to the assignments.

According to Marzano and Pickering (2007) in an article titled the Case for and Against Homework, homework can be useful and very insurmountable when employed effectively. “Three import issues are the appropriate use of homework at various grade levels; the optimum amount of time students should spend on homework; and the most effective forms of parent involvement” (Pg. 76).

The biggest consistency in literature what that parent involvement is a main factor in making sure homework is completed. Throughout the literature, in order for students to care whether or not he/she does homework, the parent or guardian needs to care whether it is being done or not.