Homework for young children: Is it justified?
Previous research, including a 2006 analysis of homework studies, found a link between time spent on homework and achievement but also found it was much stronger in secondary school versus elementary school. Another study, this one in 2012, found no relationship between time spent on homework and grades but did find a positive link between homework and performance on standardized tests.
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How much homework is too much? The idea that “less is more” rules here. According to the National Education Association, guidelines are no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night (that’s 10 minutes total for a first-grader, 30 minutes for a third-grader). Some students do their homework on their own, and some parents help their children. Many teachers now give homework once a week.
With so much pressure to teach essential literacy and math skills, many kindergarten teachers. and even prekindergarten teachers say that time for free play and exploration is increasingly limited. “Kindergarten is now first grade, and first grade is now second grade,” says Anne Stoudt, a kindergarten teacher in suburban New Jersey for 19 years.
About 60 percent said the homework load was just right, and 25 percent thought their children had too little homework. If you think your child takes too long to finish homework, try to determine whether the problem lies in having too much work or managing time poorly. “One of the things homework is supposed to do is to teach time management.
As more students in high school take advanced classes and Common Core guidelines have made kindergarten an academic experience, many parents feel like their children have too much homework.
Previous research, including a 2006 analysis of homework studies, found a link between time spent on homework and achievement but also found it was much stronger in secondary school versus.