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Direct linkKohn, Alfie – Instructor, 2006
After spending most of the day in school, students are given additional assignments to be completed at home. It is worth asking not only whether there are good reasons to support the nearly universal practice of assigning homework, but why it is so often taken for granted--even by vast numbers of teachers and parents who are troubled by its impact…
Descriptors: Homework, Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement
