Homework – Top 3 Pros and Cons
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From dioramas to book reports, from algebraic word problems to research projects, whether students should be given homework, as well as the type and amount of homework, has been debated for over a century. [ 1 ]
While we are unsure who invented homework, we do know that the word “homework” dates back to ancient Rome. Pliny the Younger asked his followers to practice their speeches at home. Memorization exercises as homework continued through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment by monks and other scholars. [ 45 ]
In the 19th century, German students of the Volksschulen or “People’s Schools” were given assignments to complete outside of the school day. This concept of homework quickly spread across Europe and was brought to the United States by Horace Mann , who encountered the idea in Prussia. [ 45 ]
In the early 1900s, progressive education theorists, championed by the magazine Ladies’ Home Journal , decried homework’s negative impact on children’s physical and mental health, leading California to ban homework for students under 15 from 1901 until 1917. In the 1930s, homework was portrayed as child labor, which was newly illegal, but the prevailing argument was that kids needed time to do household chores. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ]
Public opinion swayed again in favor of homework in the 1950s due to concerns about keeping up with the Soviet Union’s technological advances during the Cold War . And, in 1986, the US government included homework as an educational quality boosting tool. [ 3 ] [ 45 ]
A 2014 study found kindergarteners to fifth graders averaged 2.9 hours of homework per week, sixth to eighth graders 3.2 hours per teacher, and ninth to twelfth graders 3.5 hours per teacher. A 2014-2019 study found that teens spent about an hour a day on homework. [ 4 ] [ 44 ]
Beginning in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic complicated the very idea of homework as students were schooling remotely and many were doing all school work from home. Washington Post journalist Valerie Strauss asked, “Does homework work when kids are learning all day at home?” While students were mostly back in school buildings in fall 2021, the question remains of how effective homework is as an educational tool. [ 47 ]
Is Homework Beneficial?
Pro 1 Homework improves student achievement. Studies have shown that homework improved student achievement in terms of improved grades, test results, and the likelihood to attend college. Research published in the High School Journal indicated that students who spent between 31 and 90 minutes each day on homework “scored about 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than their peers, who reported spending no time on homework each day, on average.” [ 6 ] Students in classes that were assigned homework outperformed 69% of students who didn’t have homework on both standardized tests and grades. A majority of studies on homework’s impact – 64% in one meta-study and 72% in another – showed that take-home assignments were effective at improving academic achievement. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Research by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) concluded that increased homework led to better GPAs and higher probability of college attendance for high school boys. In fact, boys who attended college did more than three hours of additional homework per week in high school. [ 10 ] Read More
Pro 2 Homework helps to reinforce classroom learning, while developing good study habits and life skills. Students typically retain only 50% of the information teachers provide in class, and they need to apply that information in order to truly learn it. Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer, co-founders of Teachers Who Tutor NYC, explained, “at-home assignments help students learn the material taught in class. Students require independent practice to internalize new concepts… [And] these assignments can provide valuable data for teachers about how well students understand the curriculum.” [ 11 ] [ 49 ] Elementary school students who were taught “strategies to organize and complete homework,” such as prioritizing homework activities, collecting study materials, note-taking, and following directions, showed increased grades and more positive comments on report cards. [ 17 ] Research by the City University of New York noted that “students who engage in self-regulatory processes while completing homework,” such as goal-setting, time management, and remaining focused, “are generally more motivated and are higher achievers than those who do not use these processes.” [ 18 ] Homework also helps students develop key skills that they’ll use throughout their lives: accountability, autonomy, discipline, time management, self-direction, critical thinking, and independent problem-solving. Freireich and Platzer noted that “homework helps students acquire the skills needed to plan, organize, and complete their work.” [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 49 ] Read More
Pro 3 Homework allows parents to be involved with children’s learning. Thanks to take-home assignments, parents are able to track what their children are learning at school as well as their academic strengths and weaknesses. [ 12 ] Data from a nationwide sample of elementary school students show that parental involvement in homework can improve class performance, especially among economically disadvantaged African-American and Hispanic students. [ 20 ] Research from Johns Hopkins University found that an interactive homework process known as TIPS (Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork) improves student achievement: “Students in the TIPS group earned significantly higher report card grades after 18 weeks (1 TIPS assignment per week) than did non-TIPS students.” [ 21 ] Homework can also help clue parents in to the existence of any learning disabilities their children may have, allowing them to get help and adjust learning strategies as needed. Duke University Professor Harris Cooper noted, “Two parents once told me they refused to believe their child had a learning disability until homework revealed it to them.” [ 12 ] Read More
Con 1 Too much homework can be harmful. A poll of California high school students found that 59% thought they had too much homework. 82% of respondents said that they were “often or always stressed by schoolwork.” High-achieving high school students said too much homework leads to sleep deprivation and other health problems such as headaches, exhaustion, weight loss, and stomach problems. [ 24 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Alfie Kohn, an education and parenting expert, said, “Kids should have a chance to just be kids… it’s absurd to insist that children must be engaged in constructive activities right up until their heads hit the pillow.” [ 27 ] Emmy Kang, a mental health counselor, explained, “More than half of students say that homework is their primary source of stress, and we know what stress can do on our bodies.” [ 48 ] Excessive homework can also lead to cheating: 90% of middle school students and 67% of high school students admit to copying someone else’s homework, and 43% of college students engaged in “unauthorized collaboration” on out-of-class assignments. Even parents take shortcuts on homework: 43% of those surveyed admitted to having completed a child’s assignment for them. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Read More
Con 2 Homework exacerbates the digital divide or homework gap. Kiara Taylor, financial expert, defined the digital divide as “the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology and those that don’t. Though the term now encompasses the technical and financial ability to utilize available technology—along with access (or a lack of access) to the Internet—the gap it refers to is constantly shifting with the development of technology.” For students, this is often called the homework gap. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] 30% (about 15 to 16 million) public school students either did not have an adequate internet connection or an appropriate device, or both, for distance learning. Completing homework for these students is more complicated (having to find a safe place with an internet connection, or borrowing a laptop, for example) or impossible. [ 51 ] A Hispanic Heritage Foundation study found that 96.5% of students across the country needed to use the internet for homework, and nearly half reported they were sometimes unable to complete their homework due to lack of access to the internet or a computer, which often resulted in lower grades. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] One study concluded that homework increases social inequality because it “potentially serves as a mechanism to further advantage those students who already experience some privilege in the school system while further disadvantaging those who may already be in a marginalized position.” [ 39 ] Read More
Con 3 Homework does not help younger students, and may not help high school students. We’ve known for a while that homework does not help elementary students. A 2006 study found that “homework had no association with achievement gains” when measured by standardized tests results or grades. [ 7 ] Fourth grade students who did no homework got roughly the same score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math exam as those who did 30 minutes of homework a night. Students who did 45 minutes or more of homework a night actually did worse. [ 41 ] Temple University professor Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek said that homework is not the most effective tool for young learners to apply new information: “They’re learning way more important skills when they’re not doing their homework.” [ 42 ] In fact, homework may not be helpful at the high school level either. Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth, stated, “I interviewed high school teachers who completely stopped giving homework and there was no downside, it was all upside.” He explains, “just because the same kids who get more homework do a little better on tests, doesn’t mean the homework made that happen.” [ 52 ] Read More
Discussion Questions
1. Is homework beneficial? Consider the study data, your personal experience, and other types of information. Explain your answer(s).
2. If homework were banned, what other educational strategies would help students learn classroom material? Explain your answer(s).
3. How has homework been helpful to you personally? How has homework been unhelpful to you personally? Make carefully considered lists for both sides.
Take Action
1. Examine an argument in favor of quality homework assignments from Janine Bempechat.
2. Explore Oxford Learning’s infographic on the effects of homework on students.
3. Consider Joseph Lathan’s argument that homework promotes inequality .
4. Consider how you felt about the issue before reading this article. After reading the pros and cons on this topic, has your thinking changed? If so, how? List two to three ways. If your thoughts have not changed, list two to three ways your better understanding of the “other side of the issue” now helps you better argue your position.
5. Push for the position and policies you support by writing US national senators and representatives .
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Should homework be banned?
Social media has sparked into life about whether children should be given homework - should students be freed from this daily chore? Dr Gerald Letendre, a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University, investigates.
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We’ve all done it: pretended to leave an essay at home, or stayed up until 2am to finish a piece of coursework we’ve been ignoring for weeks. Homework, for some people, is seen as a chore that’s ‘wrecking kids’ or ‘killing parents’, while others think it is an essential part of a well-rounded education. The problem is far from new: public debates about homework have been raging since at least the early-1900s, and recently spilled over into a Twitter feud between Gary Lineker and Piers Morgan.
Ironically, the conversation surrounding homework often ignores the scientific ‘homework’ that researchers have carried out. Many detailed studies have been conducted, and can guide parents, teachers and administrators to make sensible decisions about how much work should be completed by students outside of the classroom.
So why does homework stir up such strong emotions? One reason is that, by its very nature, it is an intrusion of schoolwork into family life. I carried out a study in 2005, and found that the amount of time that children and adolescents spend in school, from nursery right up to the end of compulsory education, has greatly increased over the last century . This means that more of a child’s time is taken up with education, so family time is reduced. This increases pressure on the boundary between the family and the school.
Plus, the amount of homework that students receive appears to be increasing, especially in the early years when parents are keen for their children to play with friends and spend time with the family.
Finally, success in school has become increasingly important to success in life. Parents can use homework to promote, or exercise control over, their child’s academic trajectory, and hopefully ensure their future educational success. But this often leaves parents conflicted – they want their children to be successful in school, but they don’t want them to be stressed or upset because of an unmanageable workload.
However, the issue isn’t simply down to the opinions of parents, children and their teachers – governments also like to get involved. In the autumn of 2012, French president François Hollande hit world headlines after making a comment about banning homework, ostensibly because it promoted inequality. The Chinese government has also toyed with a ban, because of concerns about excessive academic pressure being put on children.
The problem is, some politicians and national administrators regard regulatory policy in education as a solution for a wide array of social, economic and political issues, perhaps without considering the consequences for students and parents.
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Does homework work.
Homework seems to generally have a positive effect for high school students, according to an extensive range of empirical literature. For example, Duke University’s Prof Harris Cooper carried out a meta-analysis using data from US schools, covering a period from 1987 to 2003. He found that homework offered a general beneficial impact on test scores and improvements in attitude, with a greater effect seen in older students. But dig deeper into the issue and a complex set of factors quickly emerges, related to how much homework students do, and exactly how they feel about it.
In 2009, Prof Ulrich Trautwein and his team at the University of Tübingen found that in order to establish whether homework is having any effect, researchers must take into account the differences both between and within classes . For example, a teacher may assign a good deal of homework to a lower-level class, producing an association between more homework and lower levels of achievement. Yet, within the same class, individual students may vary significantly in how much homework improves their baseline performance. Plus, there is the fact that some students are simply more efficient at completing their homework than others, and it becomes quite difficult to pinpoint just what type of homework, and how much of it, will affect overall academic performance.
Over the last century, the amount of time that children and adolescents spend in school has greatly increased
Gender is also a major factor. For example, a study of US high school students carried out by Prof Gary Natriello in the 1980s revealed that girls devote more time to homework than boys, while a follow-up study found that US girls tend to spend more time on mathematics homework than boys. Another study, this time of African-American students in the US, found that eighth grade (ages 13-14) girls were more likely to successfully manage both their tasks and emotions around schoolwork, and were more likely to finish homework.
So why do girls seem to respond more positively to homework? One possible answer proposed by Eunsook Hong of the University of Nevada in 2011 is that teachers tend to rate girls’ habits and attitudes towards work more favourably than boys’. This perception could potentially set up a positive feedback loop between teacher expectations and the children’s capacity for academic work based on gender, resulting in girls outperforming boys. All of this makes it particularly difficult to determine the extent to which homework is helping, though it is clear that simply increasing the time spent on assignments does not directly correspond to a universal increase in learning.
Can homework cause damage?
The lack of empirical data supporting homework in the early years of education, along with an emerging trend to assign more work to this age range, appears to be fuelling parental concerns about potential negative effects. But, aside from anecdotes of increased tension in the household, is there any evidence of this? Can doing too much homework actually damage children?
Evidence suggests extreme amounts of homework can indeed have serious effects on students’ health and well-being. A Chinese study carried out in 2010 found a link between excessive homework and sleep disruption: children who had less homework had better routines and more stable sleep schedules. A Canadian study carried out in 2015 by Isabelle Michaud found that high levels of homework were associated with a greater risk of obesity among boys, if they were already feeling stressed about school in general.
It is also worth noting that too much homework can create negative effects that may undermine any positives. These negative consequences may not only affect the child, but also could also pile on the stress for the whole family, according to a recent study by Robert Pressman of the New England Centre for Pediatric Psychology. Parents were particularly affected when their perception of their own capacity to assist their children decreased.
What then, is the tipping point, and when does homework simply become too much for parents and children? Guidelines typically suggest that children in the first grade (six years old) should have no more that 10 minutes per night, and that this amount should increase by 10 minutes per school year. However, cultural norms may greatly affect what constitutes too much.
A study of children aged between 8 and 10 in Quebec defined high levels of homework as more than 30 minutes a night, but a study in China of children aged 5 to 11 deemed that two or more hours per night was excessive. It is therefore difficult to create a clear standard for what constitutes as too much homework, because cultural differences, school-related stress, and negative emotions within the family all appear to interact with how homework affects children.
Should we stop setting homework?
In my opinion, even though there are potential risks of negative effects, homework should not be banned. Small amounts, assigned with specific learning goals in mind and with proper parental support, can help to improve students’ performance. While some studies have generally found little evidence that homework has a positive effect on young children overall, a 2008 study by Norwegian researcher Marte Rønning found that even some very young children do receive some benefit. So simply banning homework would mean that any particularly gifted or motivated pupils would not be able to benefit from increased study. However, at the earliest ages, very little homework should be assigned. The decisions about how much and what type are best left to teachers and parents.
As a parent, it is important to clarify what goals your child’s teacher has for homework assignments. Teachers can assign work for different reasons – as an academic drill to foster better study habits, and unfortunately, as a punishment. The goals for each assignment should be made clear, and should encourage positive engagement with academic routines.
Parents should inform the teachers of how long the homework is taking, as teachers often incorrectly estimate the amount of time needed to complete an assignment, and how it is affecting household routines. For young children, positive teacher support and feedback is critical in establishing a student’s positive perception of homework and other academic routines. Teachers and parents need to be vigilant and ensure that homework routines do not start to generate patterns of negative interaction that erode students’ motivation.
Likewise, any positive effects of homework are dependent on several complex interactive factors, including the child’s personal motivation, the type of assignment, parental support and teacher goals. Creating an overarching policy to address every single situation is not realistic, and so homework policies tend to be fixated on the time the homework takes to complete. But rather than focusing on this, everyone would be better off if schools worked on fostering stronger communication between parents, teachers and students, allowing them to respond more sensitively to the child’s emotional and academic needs.
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15 Should Homework Be Banned Pros and Cons
Homework was a staple of the public and private schooling experience for many of us growing up. There were long nights spent on book reports, science projects, and all of those repetitive math sheets. In many ways, it felt like an inevitable part of the educational experience. Unless you could power through all of your assignments during your free time in class, then there was going to be time spent at home working on specific subjects.
More schools are looking at the idea of banning homework from the modern educational experience. Instead of sending work home with students each night, they are finding alternative ways to ensure that each student can understand the curriculum without involving the uncertainty of parental involvement.
Although banning homework might seem like an unorthodox process, there are legitimate advantages to consider with this effort. There are some disadvantages which some families may encounter as well.
These are the updated lists of the pros and cons of banning homework to review.
List of the Pros of Banning Homework
1. Giving homework to students does not always improve their academic outcomes. The reality of homework for the modern student is that we do not know if it is helpful to have extra work assigned to them outside of the classroom. Every study that has looked at the subject has had design flaws which causes the data collected to be questionable at best. Although there is some information to suggest that students in seventh grade and higher can benefit from limited homework, banning it for students younger than that seems to be beneficial for their learning experience.
2. Banning homework can reduce burnout issues with students. Teachers are seeing homework stress occur in the classroom more frequently today than ever before. Almost half of all high school teachers in North America have seen this issue with their students at some point during the year. About 25% of grade school teachers say that they have seen the same thing.
When students are dealing with the impact of homework on their lives, it can have a tremendously adverse impact. One of the most cited reasons for students dropping out of school is that they cannot complete their homework on time.
3. Banning homework would increase the amount of family time available to students. Homework creates a significant disruption to family relationships. Over half of all parents in North America say that they have had a significant argument with their children over homework in the past month. 1/3 of families say that homework is their primary source of struggle in the home. Not only does it reduce the amount of time that everyone has to spend together, it reduces the chances that parents have to teach their own skills and belief systems to their kids.
4. It reduces the negative impact of homework on the health of a student. Many students suffer academically when they cannot finish a homework assignment on time. Although assumptions are often made about the time management skills of the individual when this outcome occurs, the reasons why it happens is usually more complex. It may be too difficult, too boring, or there may not be enough time in the day to complete the work.
When students experience failure in this area, it can lead to severe mental health issues. Some perceive themselves as a scholarly failure, which translates to an inability to live life successfully. It can disrupt a desire to learn. There is even an increased risk of suicide for some youth because of this issue. Banning it would reduce these risks immediately.
5. Eliminating homework would allow for an established sleep cycle. The average high school student requires between 8-10 hours of sleep to function at their best the next day. Grade-school students may require an extra hour or two beyond that figure. When teachers assign homework, then it increases the risk for each individual that they will not receive the amount that they require each night.
When children do not get enough sleep, a significant rest deficit occurs which can impact their ability to pay attention in school. It can cause unintended weight gain. There may even be issues with emotional control. Banning homework would help to reduce these risks as well.
6. It increases the amount of socialization time that students receive. People who are only spending time in school and then going home to do more work are at a higher risk of experiencing loneliness and isolation. When these emotions are present, then a student is more likely to feel “down and out” mentally and physically. They lack meaningful connections with other people. These feelings are the health equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes per day. If students are spending time on homework, then they are not spending time connecting with their family and friends.
7. It reduces the repetition that students face in the modern learning process. Most of the tasks that homework requires of students is repetitive and uninteresting. Kids love to resolve challenges on tasks that they are passionate about at that moment in their lives. Forcing them to complete the same problems repetitively as a way to “learn” core concepts can create issues with knowledge retention later in life. When you add in the fact that most lessons sent for homework must be done by themselves, banning homework will reduce the repetition that students face, allowing for a better overall outcome.
8. Home environments can be chaotic. Although some students can do homework in a quiet room without distractions, that is not the case for most kids. There are numerous events that happen at home which can pull a child’s attention away from the work that their teacher wants them to do. It isn’t just the Internet, video games, and television which are problematic either. Household chores, family issues, employment, and athletic requirements can make it a challenge to get the assigned work finished on time.
List of the Cons of Banning Homework
1. Homework allows parents to be involved with the educational process. Parents need to know what their children are learning in school. Even if they ask their children about what they are learning, the answers tend to be in generalities instead of specifics. By sending home work from the classroom, it allows parents to see and experience the work that their kids are doing when they are in school during the day. Then moms and dads can get involved with the learning process to reinforce the core concepts that were discovered by their children each day.
2. It can help parents and teachers identify learning disabilities. Many children develop a self-defense mechanism which allows them to appear like any other kid that is in their classroom. This process allows them to hide learning disabilities which may be hindering their educational progress. The presence of homework makes it possible for parents and teachers to identify this issue because kids can’t hide their struggles when they must work 1-on-1 with their parents on specific subjects. Banning homework would eliminate 50% of the opportunities to identify potential issues immediately.
3. Homework allows teachers to observe how their students understand the material. Teachers often use homework as a way to gauge how well a student is understanding the materials they are learning. Although some might point out that assignments and exams in the classroom can do the same thing, testing often requires preparation at home. It creates more anxiety and stress sometimes then even homework does. That is why banning it can be problematic for some students. Some students experience more pressure than they would during this assessment process when quizzes and tests are the only measurement of their success.
4. It teaches students how to manage their time wisely. As people grow older, they realize that time is a finite commodity. We must manage it wisely to maximize our productivity. Homework assignments are a way to encourage the development of this skill at an early age. The trick is to keep the amount of time required for the work down to a manageable level. As a general rule, students should spend about 10 minutes each school day doing homework, organizing their schedule around this need. If there are scheduling conflicts, then this process offers families a chance to create priorities.
5. Homework encourages students to be accountable for their role. Teachers are present in the classroom to offer access to information and skill-building opportunities that can improve the quality of life for each student. Administrators work to find a curriculum that will benefit the most people in an efficient way. Parents work hard to ensure their kids make it to school on time, follow healthy routines, and communicate with their school district to ensure the most effective learning opportunities possible. None of that matters if the student is not invested in the work in the first place. Homework assignments not only teach children how to work independently, but they also show them how to take responsibility for their part of the overall educational process.
6. It helps to teach important life lessons. Homework is an essential tool in the development of life lessons, such as communicating with others or comprehending something they have just read. It teaches kids how to think, solve problems, and even build an understanding for the issues that occur in our society right now. Many of the issues that lead to the idea to ban homework occur because someone in the life of a student communicated to them that this work was a waste of time. There are times in life when people need to do things that they don’t like or want to do. Homework helps a student begin to find the coping skills needed to be successful in that situation.
7. Homework allows for further research into class materials. Most classrooms offer less than 1 hour of instruction per subject during the day. For many students, that is not enough time to obtain a firm grasp on the materials being taught. Having homework assignments allows a student to perform more research, using their at-home tools to take a deeper look into the materials that would otherwise be impossible if homework was banned. That process can lead to a more significant understanding of the concepts involved, reducing anxiety levels because they have a complete grasp on the materials.
The pros and cons of banning homework is a decision that ultimately lies with each school district. Parents always have the option to pursue homeschooling or online learning if they disagree with the decisions that are made in this area. Whether you’re for more homework or want to see less of it, we can all agree on the fact that the absence of any reliable data about its usefulness makes it a challenge to know for certain which option is the best one to choose in this debate.
Why I Think All Schools Should Abolish Homework
H ow long is your child’s workweek? Thirty hours? Forty? Would it surprise you to learn that some elementary school kids have workweeks comparable to adults’ schedules? For most children, mandatory homework assignments push their workweek far beyond the school day and deep into what any other laborers would consider overtime. Even without sports or music or other school-sponsored extracurriculars, the daily homework slog keeps many students on the clock as long as lawyers, teachers, medical residents, truck drivers and other overworked adults. Is it any wonder that,deprived of the labor protections that we provide adults, our kids are suffering an epidemic of disengagement, anxiety and depression ?
With my youngest child just months away from finishing high school, I’m remembering all the needless misery and missed opportunities all three of my kids suffered because of their endless assignments. When my daughters were in middle school, I would urge them into bed before midnight and then find them clandestinely studying under the covers with a flashlight. We cut back on their activities but still found ourselves stuck in a system on overdrive, returning home from hectic days at 6 p.m. only to face hours more of homework. Now, even as a senior with a moderate course load, my son, Zak, has spent many weekends studying, finding little time for the exercise and fresh air essential to his well-being. Week after week, and without any extracurriculars, Zak logs a lot more than the 40 hours adults traditionally work each week — and with no recognition from his “bosses” that it’s too much. I can’t count the number of shared evenings, weekend outings and dinners that our family has missed and will never get back.
How much after-school time should our schools really own?
In the midst of the madness last fall, Zak said to me, “I feel like I’m working towards my death. The constant demands on my time since 5th grade are just going to continue through graduation, into college, and then into my job. It’s like I’m on an endless treadmill with no time for living.”
My spirit crumbled along with his.
Like Zak, many people are now questioning the point of putting so much demand on children and teens that they become thinly stretched and overworked. Studies have long shown that there is no academic benefit to high school homework that consumes more than a modest number of hours each week. In a study of high schoolers conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), researchers concluded that “after around four hours of homework per week, the additional time invested in homework has a negligible impact on performance.”
In elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic benefit to any amount of homework at all.
Our unquestioned acceptance of homework also flies in the face of all we know about human health, brain function and learning. Brain scientists know that rest and exercise are essential to good health and real learning . Even top adult professionals in specialized fields take care to limit their work to concentrated periods of focus. A landmark study of how humans develop expertise found that elite musicians, scientists and athletes do their most productive work only about four hours per day .
Yet we continue to overwork our children, depriving them of the chance to cultivate health and learn deeply, burdening them with an imbalance of sedentary, academic tasks. American high school students , in fact, do more homework each week than their peers in the average country in the OECD, a 2014 report found.
It’s time for an uprising.
Already, small rebellions are starting. High schools in Ridgewood, N.J. , and Fairfax County, Va., among others, have banned homework over school breaks. The entire second grade at Taylor Elementary School in Arlington, Va., abolished homework this academic year. Burton Valley Elementary School in Lafayette, Calif., has eliminated homework in grades K through 4. Henry West Laboratory School , a public K-8 school in Coral Gables, Fla., eliminated mandatory, graded homework for optional assignments. One Lexington, Mass., elementary school is piloting a homework-free year, replacing it with reading for pleasure.
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Across the Atlantic, students in Spain launched a national strike against excessive assignments in November. And a second-grade teacher in Texas, made headlines this fall when she quit sending home extra work , instead urging families to “spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside and get your child to bed early.”
It is time that we call loudly for a clear and simple change: a workweek limit for children, counting time on the clock before and after the final bell. Why should schools extend their authority far beyond the boundaries of campus, dictating activities in our homes in the hours that belong to families? An all-out ban on after-school assignments would be optimal. Short of that, we can at least sensibly agree on a cap limiting kids to a 40-hour workweek — and fewer hours for younger children.
Resistance even to this reasonable limit will be rife. Mike Miller, an English teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., found this out firsthand when he spearheaded a homework committee to rethink the usual approach. He had read the education research and found a forgotten policy on the county books limiting homework to two hours a night, total, including all classes. “I thought it would be a slam dunk” to put the two-hour cap firmly in place, Miller said.
But immediately, people started balking. “There was a lot of fear in the community,” Miller said. “It’s like jumping off a high dive with your kids’ future. If we reduce homework to two hours or less, is my kid really going to be okay?” In the end, the committee only agreed to a homework ban over school breaks.
Miller’s response is a great model for us all. He decided to limit assignments in his own class to 20 minutes a night (the most allowed for a student with six classes to hit the two-hour max). His students didn’t suddenly fail. Their test scores remained stable. And they started using their more breathable schedule to do more creative, thoughtful work.
That’s the way we will get to a sane work schedule for kids: by simultaneously pursuing changes big and small. Even as we collaboratively press for policy changes at the district or individual school level, all teachers can act now, as individuals, to ease the strain on overworked kids.
As parents and students, we can also organize to make homework the exception rather than the rule. We can insist that every family, teacher and student be allowed to opt out of assignments without penalty to make room for important activities, and we can seek changes that shift practice exercises and assignments into the actual school day.
We’ll know our work is done only when Zak and every other child can clock out, eat dinner, sleep well and stay healthy — the very things needed to engage and learn deeply. That’s the basic standard the law applies to working adults. Let’s do the same for our kids.
Vicki Abeles is the author of the bestseller Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation, and director and producer of the documentaries “ Race to Nowhere ” and “ Beyond Measure. ”
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Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework
A Stanford researcher found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance and even alienation from society. More than two hours of homework a night may be counterproductive, according to the study.
Education scholar Denise Pope has found that too much homework has negative effects on student well-being and behavioral engagement. (Image credit: L.A. Cicero)
A Stanford researcher found that too much homework can negatively affect kids, especially their lives away from school, where family, friends and activities matter.
“Our findings on the effects of homework challenge the traditional assumption that homework is inherently good,” wrote Denise Pope , a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a co-author of a study published in the Journal of Experimental Education .
The researchers used survey data to examine perceptions about homework, student well-being and behavioral engagement in a sample of 4,317 students from 10 high-performing high schools in upper-middle-class California communities. Along with the survey data, Pope and her colleagues used open-ended answers to explore the students’ views on homework.
Median household income exceeded $90,000 in these communities, and 93 percent of the students went on to college, either two-year or four-year.
Students in these schools average about 3.1 hours of homework each night.
“The findings address how current homework practices in privileged, high-performing schools sustain students’ advantage in competitive climates yet hinder learning, full engagement and well-being,” Pope wrote.
Pope and her colleagues found that too much homework can diminish its effectiveness and even be counterproductive. They cite prior research indicating that homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night, and that 90 minutes to two and a half hours is optimal for high school.
Their study found that too much homework is associated with:
• Greater stress: 56 percent of the students considered homework a primary source of stress, according to the survey data. Forty-three percent viewed tests as a primary stressor, while 33 percent put the pressure to get good grades in that category. Less than 1 percent of the students said homework was not a stressor.
• Reductions in health: In their open-ended answers, many students said their homework load led to sleep deprivation and other health problems. The researchers asked students whether they experienced health issues such as headaches, exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and stomach problems.
• Less time for friends, family and extracurricular pursuits: Both the survey data and student responses indicate that spending too much time on homework meant that students were “not meeting their developmental needs or cultivating other critical life skills,” according to the researchers. Students were more likely to drop activities, not see friends or family, and not pursue hobbies they enjoy.
A balancing act
The results offer empirical evidence that many students struggle to find balance between homework, extracurricular activities and social time, the researchers said. Many students felt forced or obligated to choose homework over developing other talents or skills.
Also, there was no relationship between the time spent on homework and how much the student enjoyed it. The research quoted students as saying they often do homework they see as “pointless” or “mindless” in order to keep their grades up.
“This kind of busy work, by its very nature, discourages learning and instead promotes doing homework simply to get points,” Pope said.
She said the research calls into question the value of assigning large amounts of homework in high-performing schools. Homework should not be simply assigned as a routine practice, she said.
“Rather, any homework assigned should have a purpose and benefit, and it should be designed to cultivate learning and development,” wrote Pope.
High-performing paradox
In places where students attend high-performing schools, too much homework can reduce their time to foster skills in the area of personal responsibility, the researchers concluded. “Young people are spending more time alone,” they wrote, “which means less time for family and fewer opportunities to engage in their communities.”
Student perspectives
The researchers say that while their open-ended or “self-reporting” methodology to gauge student concerns about homework may have limitations – some might regard it as an opportunity for “typical adolescent complaining” – it was important to learn firsthand what the students believe.
The paper was co-authored by Mollie Galloway from Lewis and Clark College and Jerusha Conner from Villanova University.
20 Reasons Why Homework Should Be Banned
- Post author By gurpreet singh
- September 19, 2022
Colleges and schools give a lot of homework to the student. Students often do it incorrectly because they don’t have enough information and knowledge. Sometimes students get new and unknown tasks to complete. Even at home, students are unable to find anyone to assist. These types of practices make things worse. Facts are overwhelming nowadays, which is one of the reasons why homework should be banned.
Today’s parents are too busy with their responsibilities to run their families effectively. They are frequently unable to teach their students about the subjects. These factors leave a student alone to gather knowledge and do homework. When these students return to school the next day, their teachers may punish or scold them for their poor presentation.
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Why Homework Should Be Banned
We can’t say that homework is not important, homework also has its importance , but that does not mean that it is too much necessary. It creates many types of problems for students and their parents, that is why people demands to ban homework. These are some of the reasons why homework should be banned -:
Homework Restricts A Student’s Freedom
- No Time For Exercises
- No Time To Play Outdoor Games
Often Breaks Students’ Confidence
Homework doing not an achievement, most homework creates bad habits, less time to spend with family members, conflict with parents, downtime at home, negative impact on tests, writing has different effects, extra challenges, homework causes depression, homework provides no real benefit, too much homework means not enough time for yourself, school is a full-time job, no real impact on performance, irrelevant content.
In most cases, children do not want to get up early in the morning. When they sleep for long periods and wake up late in the morning, they feel more relaxed and energetic. The best time for students to spend more time in bed is during the holidays. If kids are assigned homework during the holidays, it becomes a painful task. Students must finish assignments on time, regardless of the consequences. In any case, they must study every day. This is the first reason why homework should be banned.
No Time For Exercises
Exercises are suitable for people of all ages. Persons of any age group can do activities. Students go to school, spend hours there, and then return home. They don’t have a lot of time to become fresh and eat. Most students go to their rooms to rest before beginning to work on their homework. They are busy doing school homework at home during the week and on weekends. This is the second reason why homework should be banned.
No Time To Play Outdoor Games
More students take part in home activities these days. Students do not have enough free time to participate in sports. They’re on their way out the door to finish their homework. Parents have been unable to discover a solution to this problem. They have all of these headaches and are exhausted. The clock runs its way, and by the time they’ve finished, it’s bedtime. This is the third reason why homework should be banned.
Homework cannot be achieved without the use of the tool. Nobody can judge a student’s ability just on their homework. Many students are unfamiliar with the topic and how to complete it correctly. If you provide incorrect information, you will be misusing the concepts you are familiar with. Facts are overpowering, which is why homework should be banned.
Suppose many students do it incorrectly and that several teachers make fun of them in class. Because of uncultured experts, it occurs in many schools. Such activities will break students’ confidence. Regardless, teachers should assist students in gaining a thorough comprehension of concepts and showing how to apply them to the subject. This is the fourth reason why homework should be banned.
Students who complete homework according to a teacher’s instructions will not succeed. If you spend all of your time studying and working hard on your lesson, you will not have enough time to do other tasks. It becomes boring for you. It has the potential to impact the causal relationship with others. Doing homework is not a learning process. Students treat homework as though it were competition with their classmates. This is the fifth reason why homework should be banned.
If a student continues to work on homework, additional study time for another topic will be added to the stack. You will be unable to study and read due to a lack of time. Many students treat homework as though it were a daily task. Homework rarely motivates students. They have no idea what the topic is and finish it without any motivation. This is why homework should be banned because it is discouraging. This is the sixth reason why homework should be banned.
A student’s hours are consumed by their homework load. For a child to grasp the relationships between different persons, family time is crucial when they are young. It reduces the amount of time that children must spend with their families. It helps form social bonds and teaches them how to live in society. This is the seventh reason why homework should be banned.
Students frequently refuse to do homework or study. They are exhausted and wish to rest. This might lead to a disagreement between children and their parents. Parents never want to scold their children, but situations force them to do so. This is the eighth reason why homework should be banned.
Homework Can Encourage Cheating
When students have a large amount of work to complete in a short amount of time, they copy from other students. This attempt to duplicate leads to them learning how to cheat effectively such that teachers are unable to differentiate between the two works. If a teacher finds both works similar, they may punish both. This is why homework should be banned. This is the ninth reason why homework should be banned.
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After 8 hours in class, 2 hours of homework is a punishment. Professors should provide students with more unscheduled time. Going outside, hanging out with friends, joining hobby organizations, supporting parents, and, yes, watching TV and playing video games all make children feel like kids. This is the tenth reason why homework should be banned.
One of the main reasons homework should be banned is that many teachers cannot provide all the information needed to finish the lesson during class. Parents also can’t help their children with all tasks. The friends of students lack the experience to assist them. Online assignment companies are the options for them. They only can help students with their homework of any level. This is the eleventh reason why homework should be banned.
Even though students understand the subject, the lack of writing or research skills can cause them to fail the entire course, and many teachers do nothing to help them. This is the twelth reason why homework should be banned.
It is challenging for students who juggle their business schedules with activities after classes, internships, and part-time jobs to keep up. They are exhausted at the end of the day. This is the thirteen reason why homework should be banned.
Having too much homework can negatively affect students’ mental and physical health. Five-six per cent of students say their homework is the primary source of stress and exhaustion, according to a Stanford University study. Lack of sleep, headaches, and weight loss can result from too much homework. This is the fourteen reason why homework should be banned.
Many teachers believe that students will become better and remember more if they give them more homework. However, this is not always the case, as more homework results in students not learning. Students are being pushed into a corner of stress by homework instead of using it as a tool to encourage them to learn more.
A lot of homework negatively impacts academic performance. Although homework can contribute to higher grades, it mostly has diminishing returns. This is the fifteen reasons why homework should be banned.
Students who spend too much time on homework fail to develop their life skills and developmental needs. A student who has too much homework is more likely to avoid participating in activities outside of school, such as sports, music, etc.
Additionally, if students spend all their time doing homework, they may not develop essential life skills, such as independence, cooking skills, time management, or social skills.
Most students feel forced to prioritize their homework over discovering and developing other skills and talents. By not having homework, they could spend more time on their interests, such as dancing, video gaming, and painting, thus fitting into society as they grow older. This is the sixteen reason why homework should be banned.
For most kids in Taiwan, school begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. or later. Each day, kids put in about 9 hours of work into their education. Students do extracurricular activities to compete and survive in society, such as attending cram school, learning musical instruments, and participating in sports. They quickly spend more than 10 hours a day engaged in school-related activities. This is the seventeenth reason why homework should be banned.
In 4 hours of weekly home-taken assignments, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) discovered that spending more time on education has no effect on productivity. This is the eighteen reason why homework should be banned.
If homework has nothing to do with the topic or subject being studied, it should be banned. It’s unethical to assign homework that students haven’t completed in class and expect good grades. This is the nineteen reason why homework should be banned.
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20 Other Reasons about Why Homework Should be Banned
These are the 20 reasons because of why homework should be banned:
- Waste time of Students
- It affects the physical health of students
- It affects the mental health of students
- Homework does not provide practical knowledge
- Homework creates the habit of Procrastination in children
- Because of homework children starts hating study
- It forces children to work like a robot
- Homework is boring
- Does not help that much in study
- It creates the habit of memorizing concepts in the students
- Children start thinking of their parents and teachers as a villain
- Homework creates pressure on the students
- No time left for students to learn something new
- Homework repeats the already taught concepts of school
- The teacher gives a lot of homework to students
- It increases the daily tasks of the students
- Another burden on the students
- No family time left for the students
- It makes students feel like a puppet
- Students lose their confidence if they fail to do their homework.
List Of The Pros Of Banning Homework
Homework Does Not Improve Student Academic Performance.
The reality of homework for modern students is that we don’t know if assigning an extra task outside of class is helpful. Each study contains several flaws, resulting in unreliable data & Students also search for someone to do their homework online. Some research suggests that students in secondary schools or higher can benefit from little homework; banning it for younger students may make sense for their learning experience.
Banning Homework Can Reduce Burnout Among Students.
Today, teachers are paying more attention to homework stress in the classroom. Over 25% of grade school professors say that they have seen students stressed out by homework. When students are dealing with the impact of homework, it can have a tremendous negative impact.
It Can Help You Spend More Time With Your Family.
Homework creates a noticeable disruption to family connections. It not only cuts down on time spent with family, but it also reduces the opportunities for parents to teach their values and talents to their children. Over half of North American parents say they’ve had a significant disagreement with their children about schoolwork in the last month. Homework is identified as the leading source of trouble in one-third of the families.
It Can Reduce The Negative Impact Of Homework On The Student’s Health.
When students fail to complete a homework assignment on time, they suffer mental distress. When the outcome occurs, assumptions are frequently made about the student’s time management skills, but the reasons are usually more complex. It may be too challenging, tedious, or uninteresting, or there may be an insufficient time in the day to finish the task. When students fail in this area, it can lead to serious mental health problems. It can discourage a desire to learn in students. Some people believe they are intellectual failures who will never live a good life.
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List Of The Cons Of Banning Homework
Homework can assist parents and educators in determining a child’s learning skills..
Many children develop a self-defense strategy that helps them fit in with the other students in their class. This procedure allows them to hide learning problems that may be hindering their academic achievement. Because children cannot hide their learning problems while working one-on-one with their parents on specific subjects, homework allows teachers and parents to uncover this problem. By banning homework, you’re removing half of the opportunity to spot possible issues right away.
It Teaches Students How To Manage Their Time Effectively.
As people get older, they recognize that time is a limited resource. To increase productivity, it is critical to managing time wisely. Homework is an excellent technique to encourage the development of abilities in children as early as school. The trick is to keep the time allocated for work to a minimum. Students should spend 10 minutes on schoolwork and plan their schedules accordingly. If a student is having trouble creating a program, the family should provide them with the opportunity to do so.
Homework Allows Parents To Participate In Their Children’s Education.
Parents must be aware of what their children are learning in school. Even when a parent inquires about their children’s learning, the response is more generic than precise. Parents will see and experience their children’s growth in what they are doing while they are at school throughout the day if work is sent home from the classroom. Parents can readily participate in the learning process to reinforce their children’s essential concepts every day.
Is Homework a Headache Or Not?
What are your thoughts? It is essential to consult with students and their parents. Parents work hard to keep track of their children’s progress in every field. When it comes to family tours and celebrations, homework becomes a source of frustration. The majority of homework takes up a child’s spare time. To live, it’s not enough to breathe. More is required for a student to have a happy childhood and grow peacefully. It would help if you understood why homework should be banned.
Another point to consider is that homework is not an after-school activity. Parents provide tutors for their children who are having difficulty with their homework. This keeps a student occupied during their free time. Many parents choose to send their children to boarding schools. You should be aware of your child’s activities and achievements. It is a source of worry about whether homework is harmful or beneficial to students. It is something that parents and teachers should seriously consider.
In this blog, we have discussed who homework should be banned and the pros and cons of banning homework. I hope you have understood why homework should be banned easily.
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What are the negative effects of too much homework.
Overburdening students with homework can lead to stress, worry, despair, physical illnesses, and even lower exam scores.
How much homework is appropriate for high schoolers?
Students in high school are capable of handling additional schoolwork. According to the 10-minute rule per grade, freshmen should have no more than 90 minutes of homework and seniors should have no more than 2 hours.
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17 Reason Why Homework Should Be Banned To Improve Student’s Life
Why homework should be banned? Many students are troubled by this question. Teachers, according to research, assign more homework in a single night than the average student can handle (almost 2 hours of work)! We’ll go over more than seventeen reasons why homework should be banned.
A high level of homework has characterized the twenty-first century. Homework covers a large part of a child’s life. Kids work on book reports, arithmetic puzzles, and scientific posters all day and night. As a result, homework is an inevitable part of the learning process.
People still fight over the necessity of homework after decades of debate. It is viewed as “wrecking kids” or even “killing parents” by some. These people are correct. Students’ and parents’ lives would be so much easier if they didn’t have to do homework
17 Facts Why Homework Should Be Banned
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These seventeen reasons why homework should be banned aren’t enough to convince schools and universities to stop assigning homework after class:
- Students are given way too much homework
- School is a full-time job
- Homework stresses students out
- Homework provides no real benefit
- Too much homework means not quite enough time for yourself
No family time
Normal sleep cycle, downtime at home, negative impact on tests, threat to kid’s nerves, extra challenges, lack of support, the way students perceive things, writing has different effects., no real impact on performance, irrelevant content, more love, more care, students are given way too much homework .
It is an important reason why homework should be banned. Homework is an important topic for being successful both in and out of the classroom. But too much homework can destroy your progress.
Students who invest too much time in homework may find it challenging to meet other demands such as staying physically and socially engaged.
The national parent-teacher association and The national education association have agreed on a “ten-minute rule” for how long students should spend on homework. The guideline specifies that children should work on homework for 10 minutes per grade level per night.
According to research by the University of Phoenix, students in grades 9 to 12 are given 210 minutes every night. These students are dealing with rising schoolwork and are spending nearly twice as much time on it.
Students will be motivated to complete their assigned tasks and feel more accomplished if there is less homework or none.
School is a full-time job.
In Taiwan, most children’s school days begin at 8 a.m. or even earlier and end around 5 p.m. or later. Every day, children spend approximately 9 hours of their time on their schooling. When you add in the extracurricular activities that kids are required to participate in to complete and thrive in society, such as cram school, studying musical instruments, and participating in sports, children might easily spend more than 10 hours per day on school-related activities.
Homework stresses students out.
This is the third fact of why homework should be banned. Homework is a source of stress. According to a stanford university survey, 56 percent of students regard homework as a significant source of stress. In contrast, only 1% of students believe homework is not a substantial source of stress.
Furthermore, more than 80% of students exhibit stress-related symptoms such as headaches, tiredness, sleep deprivation, weight loss, and stomach issues. Homework is to blame for all of these irritating stress and health difficulties.
Without a doubt, no homework means no stress. Students don’t have to waste their time sitting at their desks, burnt out, and wondering about whether or not they turned in all of their assignments if they don’t have homework. As a result, having no homework is a student’s dream come true.
Homework provides no real benefit.
This is the fourth fact of why homework should be banned. Teachers assume that giving students extra homework would help them improve and remember what they have learned faster. That is not the case, however. The more homework students have, the less motivated they are to learn. As a result, homework becomes a devil, driving students into a corner of worry rather than a tool for motivating them to learn more.
A decrease in academic performance has been connected to spending too much time on homework. Even though homework can help you achieve better marks, it usually has decreasing returns.
Too much homework means not quite enough time for yourself.
This is the fifth fact of why homework should be banned. Students who invest too much time in homework do not reach their developmental needs or develop other essential life skills. Students who have too much homework are less likely to participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics, musical instruments, and other activities.
Furthermore, if kids spend all of their time doing homework, they may be unable to gain essential life skills such as independence, learning to cook, time management, or even mingling with others.
Many students feel compelled to prioritize homework over finding and developing other abilities or talents. However, without homework, keds would be able to spend more time on their interests, such as dancing, playing video games, and drawing, while still functioning in society as adults.
This is the sixth fact of why homework should be banned. The most significant difficulty for today’s parents is that they don’t spend nearly enough time with their children. Kids begin working on their homework and projects as soon as they get home, and they barely have time to chat with their families because they’re too tired. Those continuously working on homework miss out on family time, shared evenings, weekend activities, and dinners. However, without homework, there would be more time for family bonding, which would bring families closer together.
This is the seventh of why homework should be banned. When students are overburdened with homework and assignments, their sleep cycles become irregular, disturbing their biological clocks and decreasing the quality of their sleep. For example, they may stay up until two a.m. to finish a single report. Then they pass out when they arrive home the next night, only to wake up late the next night to complete their homework. These cycles frequently repeat in the lives of students.
This is the eighth fact of why homework should be banned. 2 hours of homework after 8 hours in class is a punishment. Going outside, spending time with friends, joining hobby clubs, assisting parents, and yes, watching TV and playing video games all help children feel like children. Their professors should provide kids with more unstructured time.
This is the ninth fact of why homework should be banned. Should schools ban students from doing homework to improve their exam grades? Yes, it is correct. Students risk failing to pass their exams if they focus on homework assignments. Complicated, time-consuming chores, as well as mobile gadgets, video games, television, friends, domestic responsibilities, and so on, appear to be distractions.
This is the tenth of why homework should be banned. Why should homework in schools be prohibited for the sake of mental health ? Teachers are unconcerned about the negative consequences of after-school activities on a child’s brain and mental health.
This is the eleventh fact of why homework should be banned. Students that combine business schedules with extracurricular activities, internships, or part-time work find it difficult to manage their time. They are tired and exhausted by the end of the day.
This is the twelfth fact of why homework should be banned. it is an essential part of why homework should be banned. One of the most compelling reasons for banning homework is that most teachers fail to communicate everything needed to complete the task during class. Parents are unable to assist with all functions. Friends of students do not have the necessary experience to assist, and they also have work to complete. The only companies that can assist students with any level of academic work are professional internet services.
These are the thirteen facts of why homework should be banned. Should schools ban students from doing homework? Another reason to say “yes” is that different students have various perspectives on things. While some students memorise and fully comprehend a topic by repeatedly reading the same material, others memorize and fully comprehend a topic by watching a relevant video.
this is the fourteen fact of why homework should be banned. Some students have a good grasp of the subject. They risk failing the entire course due to a lack of writing or research abilities, and most teachers do nothing to help.
The economic cooperation and development (OECD) found that the extra time spent on education does not affect productivity in 4 hours of weekly home-taken assignments.
Homework should be prohibited if it has nothing to do with the topic or subject being studied. It is unethical to provide homework that students did not cover in class and expect decent reports.
Even the most strict parents agree that they do not visit their children on a regular basis. These generations are divided by work and education. Family members will have more time to spend together and receive more support as the number of after-class tasks is reduced. Learn how to complete your homework in less time. It will save you a lot of time and allow you to spend more time with the people you care about.
Should Homework be Banned Pros and Cons?
We will list why homework should not be banned below to show that this post attempts to assess things objectively. To be clear, we do not insist on homework being avoided at any cost. We try to figure out if youngsters would be better off alone with little responsibilities or hectic routines.
Minimizing screen time
Without homework, a student can spend up to 8 hours every day in front of the computer. The recommended average duration is no more than 3 hours: it makes young people lazy and damages their vision. The benefits of doing homework include improved study and living habits.
Improving time management
Every professional needs to be able to manage their time. It is hard to assign 24 hours per day without it.
Improved critical thinking
Extra assignments after class are the most effective technique to increase critical thinking and memory.
Developed sense of independence
The majority of children aspire to have more independence. The youngster is allowed to work independently while analyzing personal flaws and threats.
Sparking enthusiasm
What about a little additional motivation? Homework assignments allow parents to encourage their children to communicate more.
Enhanced research skills
To accomplish their tasks, students must conduct in-depth investigations. They will learn how to choose sources and gather proof.
Learning to multitask
A student develops multitasking skills by having several things to do in one right. A single task may necessitate research, writing, and analysis abilities, as well as computer knowledge.
Getting ready
It is not a good idea to assign homework the day before an exam. When assigned individually, after-class activities can help prepare and deepen knowledge; teachers should set aside some time before the tests to focus on them.
Do Students Get More Homework Than They Used For?
Yes. Teenagers today spend twice as much time on homework as they did in the 1990s. According to some research, even kindergarteners spend up to 25 minutes every day on homework.
For over a century, the concept of homework has been a source of heated debate. The anti-homework campaign grew so strong in California in 1901 that it banned homework in all schools below high school. Homework, it was argued, may be harmful to a child’s health by causing too much stress.
The pendulum swung in the 1950s with the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union. Teachers in the United States were concerned that a lack of homework had caused their students to fall behind their students in other countries. Since then, educators have argued about the value of homework. There has been a trend toward more homework in the twenty-first century. However, the age-old debate rages on, with some schools or districts experimenting with eliminating homework.
Can Homework Kill You?
The downsides of homework are apparent to everyone: tiredness, frustration, loss of time to pursue other interests, and often a decrease in interest in studying.” he said… “doing homework is similar to taking medicine. It has no effect if you consume too little. It can kill you if you consume too much, “ Cooper explained.
There are numerous articles on the subject because practically everyone despises homework.
Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford graduate school of education and a co-author of a study published in the journal of experimental education, commented, “our findings on the impacts of homework challenge the traditional notion that homework is fundamentally positive.” – Stanford university news.
“To put it simply, too much of anything may be harmful,” says Gerald Legendre, chair of Penn state’s department of education policy studies. “What Harris Cooper has advised – and he is one of the leading researchers with some excellent, accessible books on the subject – is that it’s best to have 10 minutes as you go up each grade until you’re up to an hour and a half of homework by middle school.”
Most studies conclude that homework is a waste of time that keeps people from doing things they want or need to do, such as sports or attending important events. Even if students have a legitimate need to participate in such circumstances or do not have enough time to complete their assignments, they are severely penalized.
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Does homework kill brain cells.
Children with more than one hour of homework per night are overwhelmingly concerned about their capacity to accomplish their assignments. This tension can cause severe difficulties for a developing brain over time. This is especially harmful to children’s brains, which are rapidly forming neural connections.
Is homework more harmful or helpful?
Yes, and the stories we hear about kids who are stressed out because they have too much homework-four or five hours a night-are true. However, data reveals that students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds receive significantly more homework than lower economic classes. This is harmful to one’s bodily and mental health, as well as one’s overall well-being.
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Experts Explain Why Homework Should Be Banned
10 facts why homework should be banned, should homework be banned pros and cons, minimizing screen time, improving time management, improved critical thinking, developed sense of independence, sparking enthusiasm, enhanced research skills, learning to multitask, getting ready, should homework be banned: verdict.
Should homework be banned? This question bothers many students. According to statistics, teachers assign more assignments than an average student can handle in one night (more than 2 hours of work)! In this article, we are going to discuss more than 10 reasons why homework should be banned and reasons to leave minimum 30-minutes of homework per day.
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HuffingtonPost in its article supports students from the United States and the United Kingdom who believe too much homework is not fair. No more than 30 minutes of after-class tasks are recommended.
The primary reason most of the student's name when they try to explain why teachers should refuse homework is the boredom accompanied by laziness. However, scientists have proved there are more reasons to abandon after-class tasks. We offer 10 basic points to consider.
These 10 facts why homework should be banned do not force schools and colleges to abandon after-class assignments.
Down Time at Home
2 hours of homework is a punishment after sitting 8 hours in class. Going outside, dedicating time to friends, attending hobby clubs, helping parents, and, yes, watching TV and playing games make kids feel kids. Teachers should provide them with more free time.
Negative Impact on Tests
Should schools ban homework to allow obtaining better grades on the exams? The answer is yes. While students focus on homework assignments, they risk failing to pass their examinations well. It appears that complicated, lengthy assignments are distractions like mobile devices, video games, television, friends, home duties, etc.
Threat to Kid’s Nerves
Why should schools ban homework for the sake of mental health? Teachers ignore the adverse impact of after-class tasks on the child’s brain and overall level of mental health.
Extra Challenges
Students who juggle business schedules with after-class activities, internship, or part-time job find it difficult to catch up with additional tasks. They are burned out by the end of the day and have no energy or avail to homework cheat .
Lack of Support
One of the valuable reasons why homework should be banned is the fact most teachers fail to explain everything needed to solve the task during the class. Parents cannot help with every task. Student’s friends lack the experience to help, and they have work to do. Professional online services are the only companies that can assist students with their academic tasks of any level.
The Way Students Perceive Things
Should homework be banned in schools? One more reason to say “yes” is the fact different students perceive things better in various ways. While some students remember things be rereading the same text several times, others memorize and understand the topic in-depth if they watch a related video.
Writing Has Different Effects
Some students do understand the subject. Because of the lack of writing or research skills, they risk failing the entire course, and most teachers do nothing to help.
No Real Impact on Performance
Research by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proved that in 4 hours of home-taken assignments weekly, the extra time invested in college education has a negligible effect on productivity.
Irrelevant Content
Homework should be banned if it does not have anything to with the topic or studied subject. It is not ethical to assign tasks that students did not cover in class and expect to get excellent research paper writing .
More Love, More Care
The strictest parents share they do not see their children. Work and education separate these generations. After reducing the amount of after-class tasks, family members will obtain more time to spend together and more support. Learn how to do Algebra or other assignments faster. It will save plenty of time and make it possible to dedicate time more to whom you love.
To prove this article tries to evaluate things objectively, we will list the reasons why homework should not be banned below. To specify, we do not insist on excluding homework at all. Let's cover some benefits of homework . We try to figure out whether kids would be better off alone with the minimum of tasks or overwhelming schedules like now.
Without homework to do, a student spends up to 8 hours in front of the screen per day. The recommended average time is no more than 3 hours on the average: it makes the young people lazy and harms the eyesight. Better study and life habits are the reasons to do homework.
Time management is something every professional need. Without it, it’s impossible to allocate 24 hours per day.
Doing extra assignments after class is the best way to improve both critical thinking skills & memory.
Most children strive to obtain more freedom. The child obtains a chance to work independently, exploring personal weaknesses & threats.
How about extra motivation? Homework tasks make it possible to encourage parents to communicate more with their kids. read our guide to find out more about how to get motivated to do homework .
Students have to observe things in-depth to complete their assignments. They learn how to select sources and collect necessary evidence.
With many tasks to solve in one night, a student trains multitasking skills. A single assignment may require research, writing, and analysis skills plus some computer skills.
It is not recommended to assign homework on a day before the examination. After-class activities can help to prepare and enhance the knowledge when assigned separately - teachers should leave some free days before the tests to focus on them.
Should homework be banned pros and cons? The article covered advantages & disadvantages of assigning tasks after school. Most of the college students accept the usefulness of such tasks, and students should try to cope with their duties. In case of any inconvenience, contact writing gurus to buy custom solutions to any of your academic problems.
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Should Homework be Banned
Several students wonder whether homework should be banned. Unfortunately, teachers make too many assignments for an average student to handle in a single evening (more than two hours of work). In this article, we will discuss a few reasons why homework should be banned.
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Experts Explain Why Homework Should Be Banned
1. down time at home, 2. negative impact on tests, 3. threat to kid’s nerves, 4. extra challenges, 5. lack of support, 6. the way students perceive things, 7. writing has different effects, 8. no real impact on performance, 9. irrelevant content, 10. more love, more care, minimizing screen time, improving time management, improved critical thinking, developed sense of independence, sparking enthusiasm, enhanced research skills, learning to multitask, getting ready, hire affordable homework help services from students assignment help.
Reports suggest that providing a large volume of work to U.S. and U.K. students is unfair. No more than 30 minutes of homework should be assigned after class. However, apart from studies, extracurricular activities also play a vital role in students’ success.
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Almost all students mention boredom and laziness as major reasons for teachers not to assign homework. However, scientific studies reveal there are even more reasons to abandon after-class assignments. Here are 10 key factors to consider.
Top 10 Reasons Why Homework Should Be Banned
In addition to these 10 reasons why homework should be banned, colleges and schools are not forced to end homework assignments after classes.
It is not at all a good thing to provide too much homework to the students after they have been attending the class continuously for 8 hours. Children should spend time at home, going outside, spending time with their friends, joining clubs, helping their parents. Completing homework and assignment are not your life instead you need to give time to other activities as well. Teachers must give students some extra time.
In certain cases, banning homework should be an ideal choice for school. This is because sometimes too much homework affects the learning skills of the students. With too much burden of homework assignments, students might not manage to pass their tests. Furthermore, complex, lengthy assignments seem to distract from devices, video games, television, friends, and duties at home.
Does banning homework really promote mental health? Teachers generally overlook the negative effects of after-class assignments on a child’s brain development and mental health.
Those students who are managing work and school work at the same time which includes after-class activities, internships, or part-time jobs often find challenges in catching up on additional tasks. As a result, they’re exhausted by the end of the day.
Teachers rarely explain all the steps needed to solve a task during class, and parents cannot help with every aspect. This is one of the best reasons why homework should be banned. It is difficult for a student’s friends to assist when they don’t have the experience, and they have plenty to do. Only an online service can assist students of all levels with their academic tasks.
One more reason to ban homework in schools is that each student perceives things differently. For example, among students, some recall information by rereading the same text several times. In contrast, others can memorize and comprehend a topic in-depth by watching a video related to it.
Most teachers do nothing to help students who understand the subject. As a result, they risk failing the entire course due to lacking writing and research skills.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), additional education time spent at home each week has a negligible effect on productivity in four hours of home-based assignments.
There is no reason to assign homework to students that do not relate to their class material. It is unprofessional to expect them to complete excellent papers when the subject matter is not covered in class.
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Many strict parents agree they are not able to see their children because of school and work. However, reducing the amount of after-class activities will benefit from more time together and more support.
Should Homework Be Banned Pros and Cons?
Even though students spend up to 8 hours in front of the screens every day without homework, it is recommended that they spend no more than 3 hours. This makes them lazy and harms their eyesight, so homework improves their study and life habits.
Professionals require time management. Without it, they cannot spend 24 hours a day devoted to working.
It is important to do extra work after class to improve critical thinking skills and memory.
When children have more freedom, they can explore personal weaknesses and threats, work independently, and explore their motivations.
What about extra motivation? Parents can be encouraged to communicate more with their children by assigning homework tasks.
In order to complete their assignments, students must gain an in-depth understanding of the subject matter and learn how to select sources and collect evidence.
In the course of working on numerous assignments in just one night, a student develops multitasking skills. A single assignment can require research, writing, analysis, and some computer skills.
Assignments need not be given on the day before the test. However, after-class activities can help students prepare and enhance their knowledge when planned ahead of time – teachers should leave some free time before the test to devote time to them.
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Should homework be banned? This is one common debate in the education circle. In schools and colleges, the practice of assigning homework is there for a long time. However, in recent times, students are loaded with multiple assignments. Particularly, they are left with no other option than to spend day and night on assignments like report writing, literature essays, math problems, and scientific posters. As the academic workload is getting heavy, nowadays, a lot of voices are opposing homework.
Basically, for some people homework is a good learning tool. But some students and educators consider homework to be a useless task and are looking for a ban. Even certain surveys state that students who spend too much time on homework experience more stress and health problems. Apart from academic stress, students and educators are also pushing for a complete ban on homework for several other reasons. Here in this blog post, let us have a closer look at the major reasons why homework should be banned.
Why homework should be banned? Know the top reasons behind it
In general, homework has both pros and cons. But in the 21 st century, instructors have been giving a lot of homework to students in all subjects. While assigning homework, many instructors either give new unknown tasks or fail to give proper homework writing instructions to the students. Hence, because of a lack of knowledge and information, plenty of students are ending up with incorrect homework help or solutions. Also, as today’s parents are too busy with their own responsibilities, even at home, students have no one to help with homework writing. These factors make it hard for the students to do their homework correctly and on time and hence they demand to ban homework.
Listed below are some of the primary reasons why homework should be banned.
Too Much Homework
Irregular sleep pattern, no time for exercises, homework increases stress and depression, reduces the self-confidence of students, no enough ‘me’ time, negative impact on academic performance, no time to play games, less time with family members, conflict with parents.
- Homework Affects The Freedom Of Students
Loss of Social Life
Promotes cheating, extra challenges, irrelevant content.
In recent times, schools firmly believe that homework is important for students to improve their overall academic performance. Hence, they are regularly assigning a lot of assignments to students on all the major subjects in their curriculum. If there is a pile of homework, then it becomes too challenging for students to complete it before the deadline. The educational institutes are not even considering the difficulties involved in giving too much homework and are forcing parents to teach their children through multiple assignments. This will not be helpful for students’ progress in academics and is considered the initial reason why homework should be banned.
As the students are continuously loaded with a lot of homework and projects, they spare their sleep to submit their tasks on time. Even some children are losing their sleep because of the anxiety of a heavy workload and not being able to finish the remaining assignments. Generally, for the strong physical and mental health of students, a healthy sleep cycle is necessary. But, students are losing their quality of life because of irregular sleep patterns due to the massive amount of work. Hence, it is treated as the second reason why homework should be banned.
Like sleep, exercise is also important for people of all age groups. In particular, to stay active and energetic, it is necessary for students to do some physical activities or exercises. Mostly, students spend more hours a day in their school. Even after returning home, they don’t have time to relax, eat, and do little stretching exercises due to the huge amount of homework. Some children are busy doing their homework during weekends as well. This is another reason why homework should be banned.
Overloading students with homework has negative effects on their physical and mental health. According to Standford University Research, the majority of the students say that the primary source of their stress and depression is homework. Furthermore, several students exhibit stress-related symptoms such as tiredness, headache, weight loss, sleep deprivation, and stomach problems. As homework paves way for bothersome health issues, it is considered one of the serious reasons for the ban. No homework means No stress, and obviously, the students will live in peace.
It is not correct to judge the abilities of students based on their homework. Some students might not have the basic knowledge of subject concepts and will struggle to write their homework properly. Hence, because of it, they may end up preparing the homework in the incorrect way. Suppose, the teachers punish the students for submitting wrong information or making fun of them in front of the whole class, then high chances are there for students to lose their self-confidence. In order to avoid such activities, homework should be banned.
As students are spending too much time on homework, it becomes tough for them to find time for developing their life skills. Also, they avoid participating in other favorite activities such as music, sports, dance, painting, singing, and so on. Basically, doing favorite things and having some ‘me’ time, will keep the mind happier. Having no time to invest in their interests because of homework is yet another major reason why homework should be banned.
Many teachers believe that homework will improve the academic performance of students. But that is not completely true. If the teachers give more assignments to students, then there will not be any time left for the students to learn their subjects. Because of this, the grades of the students will diminish. Hence, homework should be banned.
Due to a lack of free time, the students are unable to play games or participate in any outdoor activities. Everyone expects students to give high priority to their academics over games. But as they have a lot of assignments to complete, the time flies quickly and by the time they finish their homework, it becomes bedtime. Generally, playing outdoor games will refresh the mind. Because of a heavy workload, the students stay indoors and get exhausted. Therefore, this is considered another reason to ban homework.
This is one of the important reasons why homework should be banned. Basically, students spend more hours on homework. Hence, it becomes difficult for parents to spend time with their children. As soon as the students reach home, they begin working on their projects and assignments. Due to this, they barely have time to interact with their family members and attend weekend activities, family events, and dinners. If homework is banned, then students will get more time to build their bonding with their families.
Every parent wants their children to perform well in academics and score top grades. Hence, they force their kids to concentrate more on their homework and other learning activities. But as students are staying in school for long hours, they might feel tired when they reach home. Some students will start their homework once they reach home but many students will feel lazy and will love to sleep. Since students refuse to complete their homework, an argument raises between children and their parents. This circumstance sometimes leads to a big conflict. Hence, it is good to ban homework.
Homework Affects the Freedom of Students
In general, during holidays or weekends, children will love to sleep for long periods and will not wake up early in the morning. Moreover, the holiday is the best time for children to spend more hours in bed and relax. But, nowadays, because of the latest education culture, students are given homework even on weekends as well. Because of this painful action by the educational institutes, the students are losing their freedom. So, this is treated as another critical reason why homework should be banned.
Students give more importance to homework over social aspects. As they are loaded with assignments, they don’t have time to socialize. In particular, they lose the ability to communicate effectively with others and make friends. Mainly, because of too much homework, many students have stopped functioning as responsible adults. Also, some students face difficulties in surviving in society. Hence, this is the next reason why homework should be banned.
When there is a lot of homework to finish within a shorter duration, some students will copy from their friends or classmates. So due to this habit of copying, the students learn how to cheat the teachers. If a teacher identifies the similarities in the homework, then for sure, they would give punishment to the students. That is why homework should be banned.
Some college students after their classes will go for internship training or part-time jobs. So, for such students, it would more challenging to do their homework after their regular working hours. Therefore, this is considered another reason to ban homework.
Homework should be banned if it has nothing to do with the subject being studied. It is not fair to ask students to complete homework on any topic that is not taught in class. If the students have no knowledge of new concepts, then it would become tougher for them to finish such homework on time.
More reasons why homework should be banned
Here are a few more reasons why homework should be banned.
- Homework affects the physical health of students.
- This forces children to work like machines.
- It’s a waste of students’ time.
- It does not provide any practical knowledge.
- Homework creates a habit of procrastination in children.
- Kids hate studying because of homework.
- Homework is boring.
- Students feel like dolls.
- Homework repeats concepts that have been taught in school.
- Creates memorizing habits in students.
The Benefits of a Homework Ban
As we said before, homework has both advantages and disadvantages. But burdening students with too much homework is detrimental to their health and affects their overall academic performance. Especially when homework is prohibited, students have many extraordinary benefits. Some of the benefits of banning homework are listed below.
- Increase the time to communicate with family.
- Reduce stress.
- Students have more time to study their subjects and prepare well for exams.
- Help students develop social and other life skills.
- Easy for students to balance their academic and personal life.
- Improves the physical and mental health of students.
- Students can have a happy weekend.
- Help students maintain normal sleep cycles.
The Bottom Line
We hope you have now understood the major reasons why homework should be banned. Generally, educational institutes will not so quickly ban homework. It takes time to put a complete ban on homework. So, you should know to manage your time and complete your homework properly. In case, you face any troubles in writing your homework and need assignment help online , then approach us immediately. In our team, we have skilled homework helpers on several academic subjects to offer you affordable online homework writing help as per your needs before the deadline.
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Why Homework Should Be Banned
Homework has been a part and parcel of student life for generations now. Homework is the task a teacher assigns to students expecting them to finish the same outside of the classroom. It is an unavoidable aspect of every student’s life. In recent years homework has come under a lot of scrutiny and people are debating over why homework should be banned.
From educationists to parents, and students alike, there is a growing opinion against homework. Some institutions are making efforts to assign not more than 30 minutes of daily homework to students. However, this does not always work and students are often left overburdened. Several educational institutions are considering why kids shouldn’t have homework at all.
Amidst debates on should homework be banned; schools are considering another approach. Teachers are instructed to assign not more than 10 minutes of homework per grade level. This means that a grade 1 student will get only 10 minutes of homework a day while a student in high school is likely to end up with over two hours of homework.
This lack of a logical set of guidelines with respect to homework is leaving students stressed and disgruntled. Many believe that it is high time we shouldn’t have homework.
Should Homework Be Banned?
World over, there are many countries that have banned homework. Finland and Dubai schools have no homework while south Korean schools ensure that their students get only 2.5 hours of homework a week. The US and the UK are seriously debating over should school ban homework. With ambiguity in guidelines and a mixed approach of schools and teachers towards assigning homework, the demand for banning homework completely is gradually picking pace.
Amidst the many reasons why homework should be banned, the ones that stand out include undue stress caused to students. In addition, children are left with no time to pursue hobbies or sports of their choice. To a large extent, they also do not have time to revise what is taught at school or invest time to enhance their subject knowledge. However, these are only a few reasons why homework should be banned. Read on to find out in detail why there should be no homework.
Homework Should Be Banned Facts
Many experts have conducted studies over the decades to find out if homework is really beneficial or should homework be banned in schools. While students and parents want a ban on homework it was important for academicians and even governments to carry out thorough research against homework, in order to find out the reasons, homework should be banned.
Here are some against homework facts, derived from the findings of different studies against homework. Take a look:
- A recent study was conducted by a Stanford researcher on over 4000 students. These students were from 10 of California’s most high performing schools in upper-middle-class communities. According to the study’s findings, students spending too much time on homework are bound to experience health problems, stress, alienation from society, and a general lack of balance.
- The study found too much homework to have counterproductive effects and presented a sound argument on why we shouldn’t have homework.
- The research further revealed that most students from these top schools were receiving a whopping 3.1 hours of homework on a daily basis.
- The Stanford study also found that over 56% of students find homework to be a primary cause of stress for them. Many of them confirmed facing sleep deprivation due to excessive homework.
- Researchers also found that students were missing family events and spending less time with friends and loved ones because of homework.
- A 2015 Canadian study also found a link between obesity and stress in boys and high levels of homework.
- A Chinese study of 2010, was able to establish a link between sleep disruption and excessive homework. children who were routinely getting more homework at school were found to have unstable schedules and poor routines. These were clearly the ‘homework should be banned statistics’ because they got the administration wondering if they were harming the children in reality instead of aiding their development.
Banning Homework Pros and Cons
There are several arguments against homework that stress the many reasons why should homework be banned. However, there are some genuine positives to homework as well. This is why schools and government authorities across many countries have not banned homework completely.
It is best to have an insight into the advantages as well as disadvantages of homework to have a better understanding. Given below are some homework should be banned pros and cons. Take a look:
Ban Homework – Pros
- There is no evidence to prove if homework improves a student’s academic outcome. On the other hand, research has proven that homework can get counterproductive. This is one of the strongest arguments against homework.
- If homework is banned there are chances of reducing issues of stress and tension in students.
- Reduced homework would automatically mean students will have more time to spend with friends and family. Homework is known to cause struggle in families.
- One of the major reasons why students shouldn’t have homework is the impact it has on their health. Besides mental health issues homework also disrupts sleep cycles and as mentioned above, may also lead to obesity in some.
- The excessive burden of homework reduces the desire to learn in students. Many students lose the will to perform in school activities and may even lose interest to pursue higher studies.
- Homework leaves no time for hobbies and extra-curricular activities.
Ban Homework – Cons
- Homework is a way to help teachers observe their students and assess their understanding of the subject. It also reflects a student’s ability to apply classroom knowledge outside of the school.
- Homework is a less stressful way to allow the teachers to grade the students when compared to quizzes, tests, and examinations.
- Homework also allows teachers to assess the learning capabilities of their students and identify individual issues.
- Homework is wonderful for parents to get involved in their child’s academics and school activities. It keeps them abreast of what is happening in class and the way their child is progressing through it. Parents can help children with the homework and also revise the concepts taught at school for reinforcement.
- Through homework, teachers can encourage students to remain accountable for their academic development and their role in the school. It teaches students to work independently.
Students learn important life lessons of time management and problem-solving skills through homework. It teaches children to get organized, prioritize their time, and maximize productivity within limited means.
Even as schools contemplate why homework should be banned; parents across the world are experiencing the pitfalls of excessive homework in everyday life. Some are signing online petitions asking should homework be banned, while many of them are taking homework help for their children in order to reduce the burden. It remains to be seen what turn the modern education system takes. However, it will certainly benefit the students if efforts are made to find alternative methods of ensuring enhanced student involvement in the curriculum, instead of just burdening them with homework.
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Homework Should Be Banned: The Pros and Cons
Today we will be discussing a very controversial topic: homework should be banned in schools. Of course, most students will quickly say that it should, without doubt, be banned. Most teachers, on the other hand, will surely jump to defend homework. Of course, there are also many students who see the pros of homework. There are also teachers who see the cons of homework. Any way you take it, homework is here to stay. However, there is nothing wrong in discussing its benefits and its adverse effects on students. So, let’s take a look at the pros and cons of homework ban. Should homework really be outlawed? Would students really gain any real benefits from the absence of homework?
Homework Banned in Schools: Pros
While students will quickly start to support the idea that homework banned in schools is a very good thing. But homework is still there and for those of you who struggle with doing it, we’ve got an amazing homework solution service . And the reality is that the students have a lot of arguments. Here are just some of the most important arguments that support a nation-wide homework ban:
- Students receive too much homework every semester and they are left with very little time for themselves. They are experiencing social problems because they are always struggling to get their school chores done and don’t spend much time with their friends and their family. Of course, many students are forced to neglect the love of their life because they are constantly being pressed to do their homework on time.
- Homework tends to stress students out. Many of these people don’t really like some of the classes. After all, you can’t love every class. Yet, they are forced to do their homework every week, even though they absolutely hate it.
- A homework ban would see students work on their favorite topics. They would be able to choose their own assignments. Of course, teachers would still grade them, but students would get the chance to pick what they want to talk about and what they want to write on.
- Many students don’t have an easy life outside the classroom. It’s very difficult for them to do their homework at home in many cases. Some students even have to work, at least part time, to support themselves throughout the school year.
- Students spend an average of 6 hours at school daily. If you add homework, they are spending between 10 and 12 hours learning. This is more than what an employee would spend at work in most cases.
- Perhaps one of the most important arguments that support a homework ban is the fact that various studies have shown that homework does not increase engagement or academic performance in most cases.
Now that we have seen the reasons why homework should be banned, let’s take a look at reasons why homework shouldn’t be banned.
Should Homework Be Banned: Cons
Many people who argue that homework should be banned also agree that homework has its benefits. Here are some of the main pros of keeping homework in schools:
- Without homework, many students would simply get home and play video games all day long. The absence of homework would not impact these students’ social lives.
- Homework forces students to read what was written during class. They learn through repetition and homework is the only incentive that would be able to stimulate them to reread those materials.
- People who argue that homework should be banned agree that most students would not do anything for school if there weren’t for homework. Few students would spend some of their time learning at home if not forced by school chores.
- Through homework, students learn how to manage their time effectively and how to be disciplined and organized. Also, they learn how to compete for good grades.
- Homework has existed for centuries and has proven itself to be a key element of education.
Of course, there are many other reasons why homework should not be banned in school. People always argue on this topic, so we will not force our opinion on anyone. We agree that every person has good arguments and that there is a gray line when it comes to homework.
Bottom Line: Homework Shouldn’t Be Banned
So, should homework be banned? We believe that it should not. Banning it would not bring any real benefit to students. Yes, we do agree that teachers should try to assign less homework every week. They rarely think about their students and about their time. Also, teachers fail to take into consideration the amount of homework their pupils are getting from other classes. However, if we ban homework, would it solve other issues today’s education has? There has to be a better solution to this problem and while we need to solve it, homework remains present. But don’t get too upset just yet. The good news for students is that they can get some assistance online. An academic writing company , for example, could help a student with any kind of academic content, whether it’s a calculus assignment or an informative essay writing . A professional writer is an ace at writing academic papers on any subject and topic you can imagine. So, instead of debating the “should homework be banned” topic, you should take action and either do homework yourself or get some quick help. Either way, for now homework isn’t banned so you can either complain a lot, or dedicate some of your free time and get it done. We assume, the second option is the best one.
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57 comments on “ Homework Should Be Banned: The Pros and Cons ”
yes it should be banned its a peice of sh***
YES ITS SHIZ
maybe you need it because you can’t spell
i would roast u but my mom said not to burn trash
good comeback man lol
what are u five years old that’s so old
so u just called urself burnt trash? doesnt that mean u uno reverse careded urself?
Maybe you should do your homework since you can’t spell.
that is the real tea sis
geez my dude chill out
If homework sucks then why does it help others get a good job and career because they chose to do their homework unlike you mostlikly
It mite suck but it can actually help you
Shut up nerd
that right bro
Right back atcha I need homework. Or else I get in trouble
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If there are more pros and the reasons are more explained and longer than the cons listed, why is the “Bottom line” homework shouldn’t be banned?
Homework indeed has many flaws that need to be addressed, however banning it would not solve all issues that modern education system has. Homework might be banned in future but it will also require significant changes in the education system itself. This is the point of the author of the article but feel free to express your ideas about this thought provoking topic.
Homework is the greatest thing ever invented without it I would be nothing! I HATE when teachers give us no homework!!!!! I will cry myself to sleep! -Margaret Johansen, aka future Valedictorian and president.
No homework sucks and many millions and maybe even billions of students can agree with me.
That’s true.
No like homework I could stay up intill 6:00. Or play APEX
My name is jesse and i am in Mr. Gardners class. lol
Why did you post this at 2 in the morning XD
Hi, Im writing an essay on why homework should be banned. I don’t know who to source, should I just put the website name? Or do you want me to cite a name. Thank you.
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Hey, so am I! Except I’m saying that homework shouldn’t be banned.
I think home work should be banned because kids are stay up to late to get it done then they r sleepy the next day next thing u now that they are following sleep in class.
many for years I had homework and so many times I didn’t have time because of all my sports but I like sports but I need to do my homework but I can’t do both but I don’t want to quit my team send helpssssssss
Dont worry my school is gunna ban homework
were do you go to school!!!
school homework is trash i never learn anything and it a huge complete waste of time!!!!!!!! PLEASE BANNNNNN IT SO KIDS HAVE MORE TIME TO PLAY ROBLOX AND MINECRAFT
ban homework because i play roblox as well
i agree yeezy head me and my **** play minecraft
ban homework because when my mom says. emma time to do work, im like moooomm!
This is exactly why they should not ban homework because kids just to go home and play video games instead of leaning.
schools should ban home work because students would have a lot more time to spend with family and have more time to do physical activities
we could have more time to smash
homework sucks
he was playing video games
homework is trash people that like it name it homowork LMAO
it is trash
games are cool bro
STOP PLAYING FORTNITE UNTIL 5 IN THE MORNING, SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who even are you????????
Shut up kid
i am a robloxer too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 what are ur usernames!!!
F*** homework
Ps I’m doing this on a school ipad
people, how is roasting each other related to not have homework or not? If you guys want something or someone to roast-NEWS FLASH! This is not a kitchen
Homework should be banned
we should all have a Roblox playdate some time!!! 🙂
You guys should stop using bad words.
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The Pros and Cons of Homework
Homework is a word that most students dread hearing. After hours upon hours of sitting in class , the last thing we want is more schoolwork over our precious weekends. While it’s known to be a staple of traditional schooling, homework has also become a rather divise topic. Some feel as though homework is a necessary part of school, while others believe that the time could be better invested. Should students have homework? Have a closer look into the arguments on both sides to decide for yourself.
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Why should students have homework, 1. homework encourages practice.
Many people believe that one of the positive effects of homework is that it encourages the discipline of practice. While it may be time consuming and boring compared to other activities, repetition is needed to get better at skills. Homework helps make concepts more clear, and gives students more opportunities when starting their career .
2. Homework Gets Parents Involved
Homework can be something that gets parents involved in their children’s lives if the environment is a healthy one. A parent helping their child with homework makes them take part in their academic success, and allows for the parent to keep up with what the child is doing in school. It can also be a chance to connect together.
3. Homework Teaches Time Management
Homework is much more than just completing the assigned tasks. Homework can develop time management skills , forcing students to plan their time and make sure that all of their homework assignments are done on time. By learning to manage their time, students also practice their problem-solving skills and independent thinking. One of the positive effects of homework is that it forces decision making and compromises to be made.
4. Homework Opens A Bridge Of Communication
Homework creates a connection between the student, the teacher, the school, and the parents. It allows everyone to get to know each other better, and parents can see where their children are struggling. In the same sense, parents can also see where their children are excelling. Homework in turn can allow for a better, more targeted educational plan for the student.
5. Homework Allows For More Learning Time
Homework allows for more time to complete the learning process. School hours are not always enough time for students to really understand core concepts, and homework can counter the effects of time shortages, benefiting students in the long run, even if they can’t see it in the moment.
6. Homework Reduces Screen Time
Many students in North America spend far too many hours watching TV. If they weren’t in school, these numbers would likely increase even more. Although homework is usually undesired, it encourages better study habits and discourages spending time in front of the TV. Homework can be seen as another extracurricular activity, and many families already invest a lot of time and money in different clubs and lessons to fill up their children’s extra time. Just like extracurricular activities, homework can be fit into one’s schedule.
The Other Side: Why Homework Is Bad
1. homework encourages a sedentary lifestyle.
Should students have homework? Well, that depends on where you stand. There are arguments both for the advantages and the disadvantages of homework.
While classroom time is important, playground time is just as important. If children are given too much homework, they won’t have enough playtime, which can impact their social development and learning. Studies have found that those who get more play get better grades in school , as it can help them pay closer attention in the classroom.
Children are already sitting long hours in the classroom, and homework assignments only add to these hours. Sedentary lifestyles can be dangerous and can cause health problems such as obesity. Homework takes away from time that could be spent investing in physical activity.
2. Homework Isn’t Healthy In Every Home
While many people that think homes are a beneficial environment for children to learn, not all homes provide a healthy environment, and there may be very little investment from parents. Some parents do not provide any kind of support or homework help, and even if they would like to, due to personal barriers, they sometimes cannot. Homework can create friction between children and their parents, which is one of the reasons why homework is bad .
3. Homework Adds To An Already Full-Time Job
School is already a full-time job for students, as they generally spend over 6 hours each day in class. Students also often have extracurricular activities such as sports, music, or art that are just as important as their traditional courses. Adding on extra hours to all of these demands is a lot for children to manage, and prevents students from having extra time to themselves for a variety of creative endeavors. Homework prevents self discovery and having the time to learn new skills outside of the school system. This is one of the main disadvantages of homework.
4. Homework Has Not Been Proven To Provide Results
Endless surveys have found that homework creates a negative attitude towards school, and homework has not been found to be linked to a higher level of academic success.
The positive effects of homework have not been backed up enough. While homework may help some students improve in specific subjects, if they have outside help there is no real proof that homework makes for improvements.
It can be a challenge to really enforce the completion of homework, and students can still get decent grades without doing their homework. Extra school time does not necessarily mean better grades — quality must always come before quantity.
Accurate practice when it comes to homework simply isn’t reliable. Homework could even cause opposite effects if misunderstood, especially since the reliance is placed on the student and their parents — one of the major reasons as to why homework is bad. Many students would rather cheat in class to avoid doing their homework at home, and children often just copy off of each other or from what they read on the internet.
5. Homework Assignments Are Overdone
The general agreement is that students should not be given more than 10 minutes a day per grade level. What this means is that a first grader should be given a maximum of 10 minutes of homework, while a second grader receives 20 minutes, etc. Many students are given a lot more homework than the recommended amount, however.
On average, college students spend as much as 3 hours per night on homework . By giving too much homework, it can increase stress levels and lead to burn out. This in turn provides an opposite effect when it comes to academic success.
The pros and cons of homework are both valid, and it seems as though the question of ‘‘should students have homework?’ is not a simple, straightforward one. Parents and teachers often are found to be clashing heads, while the student is left in the middle without much say.
It’s important to understand all the advantages and disadvantages of homework, taking both perspectives into conversation to find a common ground. At the end of the day, everyone’s goal is the success of the student.
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Why Homework Should Be Banned: 9 Reasons Must be Discussed
Do you agree or disagree on why homework should be banned? Should homework be made unfair? Many parents believe that professors or teachers give their students more assignments than they can handle. We will discuss reasons why homework should be banned.
As we all know, in today’s world maximum children are busy with homework especially they need to do that on mobile. That is why they don’t have proper time to engage in physical activities like playing outdoor games. Many students need to do online assignments, so they need to look at mobile phones or laptops. This can also be bad for children’s eye health. And there are many more issues related to children’s health that are why this is important to discuss why homework should be banned.
Let us start with basic questions that are important to discuss before getting into the topic. Many parents think homework plays an essential role in students’ lives. So after analyzing a lot of things, we will include the pros and cons of doing homework. Let us continue with why homework should be banned.
Important Facts: Why Homework Should be Banned
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Here are 9 reasons why homework should be banned which are as follows:
1. Children Physical health
This is the most crucial point I would bring up first on why homework should be banned. When a teacher gives homework to students, it is fairly typical for them to take their time completing it. It can take several hours to finish. As a result, children don’t have much time to play. As we all know, outdoor games are essential for children’s physical and mental development.
Homework is an important component of academic achievement in and out of the classroom, but too much of it can ruin your development. Students who used to spend excessive amounts of time on homework may find it difficult to meet other tasks, such as being physically and socially active. So this is an important point that must be considered on why homework should be banned.
2. It is a full-time task to go to school
Many children’s schools start at 8:00 a.m. or even earlier and end at 3:00 p.m. or later. Every day, students attend school for around 7 hours. Meanwhile, students must prepare for school, attend school, and return home, which takes a significant amount of time.
When you factor in the extracurricular activities, children are forced to compete and succeed in society, such as cram school, musical instrument study, and sports participation.
Many parents complain that children easily spend more than 10 hours each day on school-related activities. All of this amounts to the maximum amount of time a youngster can spend in a day. As a result, they will accomplish that much homework across all disciplines as a student. As a result, homework should be banned.
3. Students are stressed out by homework
This brings us to the third reason why homework should be banned. Homework can be a source of anxiety. According to a Stanford University poll, homework is a significant source of stress for 56 percent of youngsters. Only 1% of students, on the other hand, say that homework is not a significant source of stress.
No schoolwork, without a doubt, means no stress. If students don’t have homework, they don’t have to waste time sitting at their desks, exhausted, and wondering if they turned in all of their assignments. As a result, a student’s fantasy of having no school work has come true.
Homework reduces their revision time, which might negatively impact their test grades. This will harm the student’s reputation, but many people don’t realize that it will also harm the school’s reputation.
The parents of the students then conclude that the school’s teaching is poor, and they may decide to send their child to a different school! The school’s popularity may decrease over time, and the simplest way to prevent this is to ban homework.
Furthermore, more than 80% of students have stress-related symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, sleep deprivation, weight loss, and gastrointestinal problems. Homework may be to blame for these aggravating stress and health problems.
4. When you have too much homework, you don’t have enough time for yourself
This brings us to the 4th reason why homework should be banned. Students who spend excessive time on schoolwork do not meet their developmental goals or learn other essential life skills. Extracurricular activities like various students spending time in athletics, musical instruments, and other activities are less likely to pursue students who have too much homework.
Furthermore, if children spend all of their time doing homework, they may not develop essential life skills such as independence, cooking, time management, or even social interaction.
Many students feel forced to place a greater emphasis on homework than on discovering and developing other skills or talents. Without schoolwork, children would be able to devote more time to their hobbies, such as dancing, playing video games, and painting, while still functioning as adults in society.
5. There is no genuine benefit to doing homework
This brings us to the 5th reason why homework should be banned. Teachers feel that giving students more homework will help them grow and learn. However, this is not the case. Students are less motivated to know if they have a lot of homework.
As a result, homework turns into a devil, forcing children into a corner of anxiety rather than motivating them to learn more. Many students used to spend too much time doing school homework has been linked to lower academic achievement. Despite the fact that homework can help you get better grades, it usually has diminishing returns.
6. There will be no family time
This brings us to the 6th reason why homework should be banned. Today’s parents’ biggest issue is that they do not spend nearly enough time with their children. Kids start focusing on their schoolwork and projects as soon as they get home, and they barely have time to chat to their families because they’re so fatigued.
Those constantly focusing on schoolwork miss out on quality time with their families, shared evenings, weekend activities, and dinners. However, more time would be available for family bonding without homework, bringing families closer together.
7. A regular sleep cycle
The 7th reason I feel on why homework should be banned from all schools worldwide is that it disrupts children’s sleep cycles, potentially resulting in harmful or annoying health conditions. Some may argue that the student is to blame for sleeping late.
It’s no wonder that kids are working late at night on homework when you consider travel hours, dining times, family gathering times, and so on. They haven’t noticed or taken into account that the majority of students live a long distance from school!
8. There is a lack of support
This brings us to the 8th reason why homework should be banned. It is a key reason why homework should be prohibited. Many schools or college teachers fail to express many things needed to perform the task during class, which is considered one of the most compelling grounds for forbidding homework.
Parents are unable to assist in all aspects of their children’s lives. Sometimes some students lack the essential experience to help, and they also have work to finish. Professional internet services are the only companies that can help students with their academic work.
9. Homework Is a Type Of Irrelevant Content
If you think writing your homework is good, whether your homework is relevant or not. Then it is totally wrong. There is no meaning in writing irrelevant content as your homework. However, if homework has nothing to do with your topic, then it should be banned. Or we can say that you must assign only relevant material to the students as a teacher.
This will automatically help them in improving their grades. This is the ninth reason why homework should be banned.
Is Homework Slavery: Can Homework Be Considered Slavery?
Some people might think that is homework slavery so lets find out. We can’t say that homework is slavery because there is no legal definition to support it. On the other hand, homework is assigned to students without their permission. If you equate this to slavery, then it is considered an argument that will fall under legal inspection.
If you consider homework slavery, you must prove something. For example, you have to prove that the instructor or teacher enjoys the economic benefits of your homework or when you complete the assignment given by teachers.
However, teachers don’t get any financial benefits. The main aim of homework is to help students get better academic results.
Homework is nothing but a privilege. The only thing you can say is that it is almost the direct opposite of slavery. But, too much homework for the students makes them overburdened. As a result, the students get stressed.
If you still believe that the homework doesn’t contribute positively to your career, you can state your case to the relevant authorities.
Does Homework Cause Stress: Everything You Need To Know
Extra assignments given to students by schools may lead to an imbalance in stress levels. Yes, I know students need to learn in the class in order to get good academic results, but they also get some time to explore other things and chill and relax.
Imagine you’re working in an office. Your boss gives you some extra tasks to complete within a given deadline. How would you feel? Well, it is obvious to many people that you feel very stressed. That’s what a sixth or eighth-grade student feels.
As per the survey by Stanford University, almost 56 percent of the students think that homework causes stress and is the primary cause. On the other hand, the remaining students believe that getting good grades on tests can cause mental illness and lead to stress or anxiety.
Only one percent of the students think that homework or academic tests do not cause any stress, which is remarkable.
In Which State Is Homework Illegal?
In all states of the United States, there is no law banning homework, and it is legal. There is no state law prohibiting them.
However, schools in different states of the US have their own rules about homework. Some schools have banned homework, while others limit the amount of homework given to students.
Where homework is limited in the US:
- Connecticut
How Can Parents Help Their Children to Get Better Academic Marks?
You might be wondering how you, as a parent, can help your children learn and get good academic grades. So, how can you boost their achievements?
Listed below are five ways to boost their academics.
1. Engaged with your children
You can do that by asking your child what they’re learning in school.
2. Don’t forget to give some extra free time
Give some free time to your child in order to develop creativity, problem-solving skills, and curiosity.
3. You can teach your child formally
Start teaching your child more formally, which means that you can involve your child in some other projects instead of homework. This can be an excellent learning experience. Creating some bonding with your children is a good way to teach anything to your child.
4. Do not be overly involved with your child’s homework
Suppose you want good academic results from your children. Give them some space to study alone. You can do that by giving your children a well-designed and comfortable area for studying.
5. You can communicate with the child’s teacher
There are many reasons why you want to be in contact with your child’s teacher. If your child is having academic difficulties, you can talk with their teacher to find the best solutions so that your child does not have the same problem.
Why Homework Should Not Be Banned
To demonstrate that this post aims to examine things fairly in the blog about why homework should be banned, we shall give reasons why homework should not be banned below. We try to find out whether children would be better off alone with little responsibilities or with a busy schedule.
1. Critical thinking skills have improved.
After-class assignments are the most effective way to improve critical thinking and memory.
2. Sense of self-sufficiency has grown.
The majority of children wish to be more self-sufficient. The child is free to work on his or her own while examining personal defects and threats.
3. Creating a buzz of excitement.
How about a little extra inspiration? Parents can use homework assignments to encourage their children to communicate more.
4. Improved research abilities.
Students must perform extensive research to complete their assignments. They’ll learn how to select sources and assemble evidence.
5. Keeping screen time to a minimum
A student can spend up to 6-8 hours each day in front of the computer if they don’t have any school work. It is recommended that the average length be no longer than 3 hours because it makes young people sluggish and affects their vision. Improved study and living habits are among the advantages of doing homework.
6. Learning to multitask is a valuable skill
When a student has numerous tasks to complete in one sitting, he or she develops multitasking skills. Research, writing, analysis skills, and computer competence may be required for a single work.
7. Preparing to go for Exams
Assigning homework the day before an exam is not a smart idea. After-class exercises, when provided individually, can help students prepare for and deepen their understanding; professors should set aside some time before the tests to focus on them.
Conclusion: Why Homework Should Be Banned
To conclude, why homework is banned many parents think homework is beneficial because it can help you improve your grades, learn new content, and prepare for tests. However, it isn’t always advantageous. A student’s perception of the subject may be tainted by pointless busywork homework (not to mention a teacher). This blog has explained why homework should be prohibited. The benefits and drawbacks of giving assignments after school was discussed. The majority of college students support such chores, and students should make every effort to complete their responsibilities.
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Q1. Is homework harmful to one’s mental health?
We know what stress can do to our bodies, adding that staying up late to do projects leads to sleep disruption and tiredness. To overcome stress to can play games and other physical activities.
Q2. Why do students hate doing their homework?
Students despise homework for various reasons, including the belief that it should only be utilized as extra practice for students who need it or to study for examinations and quizzes when possible. In addition, schoolwork can be overwhelming. It can result in weariness, stress, and various other issues.
Q3. What Are Some Weird Facts About Homework?
Here are some weird facts about homework which are as follows:
1. Homework can cause anxiety and stress. 2. There is no dought that homework is dangerous for student’s social life. 3. Homework can cause burn-out. 4. There is no official research on why homework is benefited to student. 5. Homework can replace some major part of the studying.
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Should homework be banned facts?
One of the valuable reasons why homework should be banned is the fact most teachers fail to explain everything needed to solve the task during the class . Parents cannot help with every task. Student's friends lack the experience to help, and they have work to do.
Why we should ban homework facts?
- Students are given way too much homework. ...
- School is a full-time job. ...
- Homework stresses students out. ...
- Homework provides no real benefit. ...
- Too much homework means not enough time for yourself. ...
- No family time. ...
- Normal sleep cycle.
What are 3 reasons homework should be banned?
- Homework causes depression. Homework can have a bad effect on students mental and physical health. ...
- Homework is bad for their social life. Homework can have bad effect on a student's quality of life. ...
- Homework affects student grades.
Why should homework not be banned facts?
Homework is important because it helps your child develop positive study habits that will serve him or her well throughout life. The second reason why homework should not banned is because it helps students when they grow up . It will help students with their self-esteem, become more responsible, and independent.
Is homework good or bad facts?
Even when homework is helpful, there can be too much of a good thing . ... In fact, too much homework can do more harm than good. Researchers have cited drawbacks, including boredom and burnout toward academic material, less time for family and extracurricular activities, lack of sleep and increased stress.
Should Homework Be Banned? - Behind the News
Is homework a waste of time.
While some children may sail through their set homework, others can find the same task highly stressful and even demotivating, especially if they find the subject particularly challenging and have no one to hand to help out.In fact, research suggests that well over a half, 56 per cent, of students consider homework to ...
Why is homework harmful to students?
“The findings were troubling: Research showed that excessive homework is associated with high stress levels , physical health problems and lack of balance in children's lives; 56% of the students in the study cited homework as a primary stressor in their lives,” according to the CNN story.
Should students have homework pros and cons?
- Pro 1. Homework improves student achievement. ...
- Pro 2. Homework helps to reinforce learning and develop good study habits and life skills. ...
- Pro 3. Homework allows parents to be involved with their child's learning. ...
- Con 1. Too much homework can be harmful. ...
- Con 2. Homework disadvantages low-income students. ...
Why should homework be banned pros and cons?
- Homework May Not Improve Academic Outcomes. Unfortunately, as highly debated as homework is, there has been little conclusive or scientific research indicating its effectiveness. ...
- Homework Causes Stress and Burnout. ...
- Homework Disrupts Family Life.
Why should homework be banned persuasive?
Homework is causing so much stress within families and is taking away time from all extracurricular activities, part time jobs and family time. Banning it would bring a lot more positive attitudes to everyday lives, it would be less stressful within families and there would be more time to get out and do what you love.
Why is homework unnecessary?
Study: Your kids are doing too much homework Both households have two working parents, two kids and an appreciation for the way California weather affords them unscripted, outdoor play year-round. We are all busier than we want to be, but our neighbors have an extra, unnecessary hurdle that makes life more difficult.
What are the disadvantages of doing homework?
According to a study by Stanford University, 56 per cent of students considered homework a primary source of stress. Too much homework can result in lack of sleep, headaches, exhaustion and weight loss . Excessive homework can also result in poor eating habits, with families choosing fast food as a faster alternative.
Is homework needed?
It has been proven that homework does not have a substantial impact on learning. In the early grades, homework is simply not necessary . Children need time – unstructured time. ... Students don't need more homework – they need time to be kids.
Why homework is not a good idea?
Consequences for high school students In 2013, research conducted at Stanford University found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress , physical health problems, a lack of balance in their lives, and alienation from society.
Should students have homework?
According to Duke professor Harris Cooper, it's important that students have homework . His meta-analysis of homework studies showed a correlation between completing homework and academic success, at least in older grades. ... This could simply mean that kids who do homework are more committed to doing well in school.
Should we ban homework does homework promote learning?
Homework provides no real benefit . This is the fourth fact of why homework should be banned. Teachers assume that giving students extra homework would help them improve and remember what they have learned faster. ... A decrease in academic performance has been connected to spending too much time on homework.
Why we should keep homework?
Homework teaches students about time management . Homework teaches students how to set priorities. Homework helps teachers determine how well the lessons are being understood by their students. ... Homework teaches students the importance of planning, staying organized, and taking action.
Why is homework good for your brain?
It is important because it can improve children's thinking and memory . It can help them develop positive study habits and skills that will serve them well throughout their lives. Homework also can encourage children to use time well, learn independently, and take responsibility for their work.
Is a homework illegal?
In the early 1900s, Ladies' Home Journal took up a crusade against homework, enlisting doctors and parents who say it damages children's health. In 1901 California passed a law abolishing homework!
Why is homework bad essay?
The Harmful Effects of Homework High school students feel more stress than working adults , and children are beginning to feel aversion towards learning. Homework causes students to sleep less, have more stress, and even forces students to give up extracurricular activities. ...
Is it true that 98 percent of what you learn is a waste?
The brain learns things and makes associations that we are not even aware of. As humans, we survive by learning. Over the years our research has taught us many things. ... Looking at it from that perspective – it is NOT true that 98% of what we learn is a waste.
Who assigned the first homework?
Going back in time, we see that homework was invented by Roberto Nevilis , an Italian pedagog. The idea behind homework was simple. As a teacher, Nevilis felt that his teachings lost essence when they left the class.
Should kids not have to do homework?
The first reason that children should not be given homework is that they need time to relax and take their minds off work . ... Thirdly, homework can cause conflict between children and parents when the parent wants to the child to do their homework but meets resistance from the student to do an overwhelming task.
Who invented school?
Credit for our modern version of the school system usually goes to Horace Mann . When he became Secretary of Education in Massachusetts in 1837, he set forth his vision for a system of professional teachers who would teach students an organized curriculum of basic content.
Was homework invented as a punishment?
An Italian pedagog Roberto Nevilis is considered the real “inventor” of homework. He was the person who invented homework in far 1905 and made it a punishment to his students. ... From that point of view, teaching can hardly move forward without home lessons. Homework was defined as one of forms of independent work.
Should Kids Get Homework?
Homework gives elementary students a way to practice concepts, but too much can be harmful, experts say.
Effective homework reinforces math, reading, writing or spelling skills, but in a way that's meaningful. (Getty Images)
How much homework students should get has long been a source of debate among parents and educators. In recent years, some districts have even implemented no-homework policies, as students juggle sports, music and other activities after school.
Parents of elementary school students, in particular, have argued that after-school hours should be spent with family or playing outside rather than completing assignments. And there is little research to show that homework improves academic achievement for elementary students.
But some experts say there's value in homework, even for younger students. When done well, it can help students practice core concepts and develop study habits and time management skills. The key to effective homework, they say, is keeping assignments related to classroom learning, and tailoring the amount by age: Many experts suggest no homework for kindergartners, and little to none in first and second grade.
Value of Homework
Homework provides a chance to solidify what is being taught in the classroom that day, week or unit. Practice matters, says Janine Bempechat, clinical professor at Boston University 's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
"There really is no other domain of human ability where anybody would say you don't need to practice," she adds. "We have children practicing piano and we have children going to sports practice several days a week after school. You name the domain of ability and practice is in there."
Homework is also the place where schools and families most frequently intersect.
"The children are bringing things from the school into the home," says Paula S. Fass, professor emerita of history at the University of California—Berkeley and the author of "The End of American Childhood." "Before the pandemic, (homework) was the only real sense that parents had to what was going on in schools."
Harris Cooper, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University and author of "The Battle Over Homework," examined more than 60 research studies on homework between 1987 and 2003 and found that — when designed properly — homework can lead to greater student success. Too much, however, is harmful. And homework has a greater positive effect on students in secondary school (grades 7-12) than those in elementary.
"Every child should be doing homework, but the amount and type that they're doing should be appropriate for their developmental level," he says. "For teachers, it's a balancing act. Doing away with homework completely is not in the best interest of children and families. But overburdening families with homework is also not in the child's or a family's best interest."
Negative Homework Assignments
Not all homework for elementary students involves completing a worksheet. Assignments can be fun, says Cooper, like having students visit educational locations, keep statistics on their favorite sports teams, read for pleasure or even help their parents grocery shop. The point is to show students that activities done outside of school can relate to subjects learned in the classroom.
But assignments that are just busy work, that force students to learn new concepts at home, or that are overly time-consuming can be counterproductive, experts say.
Homework that's just busy work.
Effective homework reinforces math, reading, writing or spelling skills, but in a way that's meaningful, experts say. Assignments that look more like busy work – projects or worksheets that don't require teacher feedback and aren't related to topics learned in the classroom – can be frustrating for students and create burdens for families.
"The mental health piece has definitely played a role here over the last couple of years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the last thing we want to do is frustrate students with busy work or homework that makes no sense," says Dave Steckler, principal of Red Trail Elementary School in Mandan, North Dakota.
Homework on material that kids haven't learned yet.
With the pressure to cover all topics on standardized tests and limited time during the school day, some teachers assign homework that has not yet been taught in the classroom.
Not only does this create stress, but it also causes equity challenges. Some parents speak languages other than English or work several jobs, and they aren't able to help teach their children new concepts.
" It just becomes agony for both parents and the kids to get through this worksheet, and the goal becomes getting to the bottom of (the) worksheet with answers filled in without any understanding of what any of it matters for," says professor Susan R. Goldman, co-director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois—Chicago .
Homework that's overly time-consuming.
The standard homework guideline recommended by the National Parent Teacher Association and the National Education Association is the "10-minute rule" – 10 minutes of nightly homework per grade level. A fourth grader, for instance, would receive a total of 40 minutes of homework per night.
But this does not always happen, especially since not every student learns the same. A 2015 study published in the American Journal of Family Therapy found that primary school children actually received three times the recommended amount of homework — and that family stress increased along with the homework load.
Young children can only remain attentive for short periods, so large amounts of homework, especially lengthy projects, can negatively affect students' views on school. Some individual long-term projects – like having to build a replica city, for example – typically become an assignment for parents rather than students, Fass says.
"It's one thing to assign a project like that in which several kids are working on it together," she adds. "In (that) case, the kids do normally work on it. It's another to send it home to the families, where it becomes a burden and doesn't really accomplish very much."
Private vs. Public Schools
Do private schools assign more homework than public schools? There's little research on the issue, but experts say private school parents may be more accepting of homework, seeing it as a sign of academic rigor.
Of course, not all private schools are the same – some focus on college preparation and traditional academics, while others stress alternative approaches to education.
"I think in the academically oriented private schools, there's more support for homework from parents," says Gerald K. LeTendre, chair of educational administration at Pennsylvania State University—University Park . "I don't know if there's any research to show there's more homework, but it's less of a contentious issue."
How to Address Homework Overload
First, assess if the workload takes as long as it appears. Sometimes children may start working on a homework assignment, wander away and come back later, Cooper says.
"Parents don't see it, but they know that their child has started doing their homework four hours ago and still not done it," he adds. "They don't see that there are those four hours where their child was doing lots of other things. So the homework assignment itself actually is not four hours long. It's the way the child is approaching it."
But if homework is becoming stressful or workload is excessive, experts suggest parents first approach the teacher, followed by a school administrator.
"Many times, we can solve a lot of issues by having conversations," Steckler says, including by "sitting down, talking about the amount of homework, and what's appropriate and not appropriate."
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Should Students Have Homework?
by Suzanne Capek Tingley, Veteran Educator, M.A. Degree
Look before you leap at giving to much or to little homework.
It used to be that students were the only ones complaining about the practice of assigning homework. For years, teachers and parents thought that homework was a necessary tool when educating children. But studies about the effectiveness of homework have been conflicting and inconclusive, leading some adults to argue that homework should become a thing of the past.
What Research Says about Homework
According to Duke professor Harris Cooper, it's important that students have homework. His meta-analysis of homework studies showed a correlation between completing homework and academic success, at least in older grades. He recommends following a "10 minute rule" : students should receive 10 minutes of homework per day in first grade, and 10 additional minutes each subsequent year, so that by twelfth grade they are completing 120 minutes of homework daily.
But his analysis didn't prove that students did better because they did homework; it simply showed a correlation . This could simply mean that kids who do homework are more committed to doing well in school. Cooper also found that some research showed that homework caused physical and emotional stress, and created negative attitudes about learning. He suggested that more research needed to be done on homework's effect on kids.
Further reading: Get Homework Done and Turned In
Some researchers say that the question isn't whether kids should have homework. It's more about what kind of homework students have and how much. To be effective, homework has to meet students' needs. For example, some middle school teachers have found success with online math homework that's adapted to each student's level of understanding. But when middle school students were assigned more than an hour and a half of homework, their math and science test scores went down .
Researchers at Indiana University discovered that math and science homework may improve standardized test grades, but they found no difference in course grades between students who did homework and those who didn't. These researchers theorize that homework doesn't result in more content mastery, but in greater familiarity with the kinds of questions that appear on standardized tests. According to Professor Adam Maltese, one of the study's authors, "Our results hint that maybe homework is not being used as well as it could be."
So while many teachers and parents support daily homework, it's hard to find strong evidence that the long-held practice produces positive results.
Problems with Homework
In an article in Education Week Teacher , teacher Samantha Hulsman said she's frequently heard parents complain that a 30-minute homework assignment turns into a three-hour battle with their kids. Now, she's facing the same problem with her own kids, which has her rethinking her former beliefs about homework. "I think parents expect their children to have homework nightly, and teachers assign daily homework because it's what we've always done," she explained. Today, Hulsman said, it's more important to know how to collaborate and solve problems than it is to know specific facts.
Child psychologist Kenneth Barish wrote in Psychology Today that battles over homework rarely result in a child's improvement in school . Children who don't do their homework are not lazy, he said, but they may be frustrated, discouraged, or anxious. And for kids with learning disabilities, homework is like "running with a sprained ankle. It's doable, but painful."
Barish suggests that parents and kids have a "homework plan" that limits the time spent on homework. The plan should include turning off all devices—not just the student's, but those belonging to all family members.
One of the best-known critics of homework, Alfie Kohn , says that some people wrongly believe "kids are like vending machines—put in an assignment, get out learning." Kohn points to the lack of evidence that homework is an effective learning tool; in fact, he calls it "the greatest single extinguisher of children's curiosity that we have yet invented."
Homework Bans
Last year, the public schools in Marion County, Florida, decided on a no-homework policy for all of their elementary students . Instead, kids read nightly for 20 minutes. Superintendent Heidi Maier said the decision was based on Cooper's research showing that elementary students gain little from homework, but a lot from reading.
Orchard Elementary School in South Burlington, Vermont, followed the same path, substituting reading for homework. The homework policy has four parts : read nightly, go outside and play, have dinner with your family, and get a good night's sleep. Principal Mark Trifilio says that his staff and parents support the idea.
But while many elementary schools are considering no-homework policies, middle schools and high schools have been reluctant to abandon homework. Schools say parents support homework and teachers know it can be helpful when it is specific and follows certain guidelines. For example, practicing solving word problems can be helpful, but there's no reason to assign 50 problems when 10 will do. Recognizing that not all kids have the time, space, and home support to do homework is important, so it shouldn't be counted as part of a student's grade.
Further reading: Balancing Extracurriculars with Homework in High School
So Should Students Have Homework?
Should you ban homework in your classroom? If you teach lower grades, it's possible. If you teach middle or high school, probably not. But all teachers should think carefully about their homework policies. By limiting the amount of homework and improving the quality of assignments, you can improve learning outcomes for your students.
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Should Homework Be Banned In Schools?
There are hardly any students in all of the schools around the world, who could honestly say they love doing homework. Quite the opposite.
Of course, there have always been arguments for and against the after-class assignments and ongoing negotiations about the appropriate volume of those assignments. Yet the consensus traditionally was that homework is, even if unpleasant, still indispensable – much like bitter medicine. This is going to change – and soon.
Why should homework be banned now? The right question to ask is what took us so long! In this post, we are looking into the advantages and disadvantages of homework and counting all the pros and cons of banning it.
Why Homework Should Be Banned
This is one of the main reasons why homework should be banned. It crushes the spirit of children. It’s time to face the facts. Schoolchildren are experiencing burnout earlier and earlier in life – as early as in elementary school. Even those who were excited about going to school and learning, experience anxiety and stress connected with homework almost immediately. The students stop enjoying their learning experience and see it as one long exhausting treadmill run: essay after essay, test after test, school, college, and then work – with no time in between for living.
This is one of the arguments, on which even the proponents of homework, people for whom its pros outweigh the cons, agree. If not outright banned, homework should at least be limited down to the volume that is defined by the policies and the law. That means students must have a 40-hour workweek – no more than their full-time employed parents have. On practice, that would mean about six hours at school a day and no more than two hours of homework for an evening – a twenty-minute home task per subject.
Why homework exists in the first place? To give more time for students to practice, of course! How else would they learn? At least, that is a traditional view. However, there are no facts that would back up this argument. Research after research shows that test scores and grades do not suffer at all when homework is abolished in individual classes or schools. Not a shred of evidence has been produced to suggest that more homework equals more skill and higher grades. It is just busywork, that is why we shouldn't have homework at all.
For children with younger siblings or extended family living together, conditions for studying at home aren’t always favorable. There is of course a host of other individual reasons, why they might not have a properly lit quiet place, height-appropriate desk and chair, and distraction-free environment to do their homework. Even if they do have all the conditions, there might also be household chores, family issues, and other things that students will prioritize over their homework.
In the existing scheme of things, the only peers students are in contact with are their classmates. As important as it is to maintain good relationships with one’s class, we cannot expect children to limit their social interactions this way. It leads to a risk of isolation and loneliness, especially if a child experiences bullying at school. If children will be free of homework, they will be able to build more meaningful connections providing them with an emotional safety net.
Since homework is hogging so much time, students are left with fewer chances to be active – either through structured extracurriculars, such as sports sections or dancing classes, or through just being left to their own devices and going outside to play. They are chained to their desks all day long. This can lead to worsening eyesight, bad posture, overweight, and other adverse effects on their health.
Why Homework Should Not Be Banned
Of course, there are some solid arguments for the homework to stay, as well. However, they can hardly outweigh the cons. Let’s take a look at some of the most often mentioned.
That might contradict the argument we had before about homework having no noticeable effect on academic achievements. However, since it’s one of the most popular reasons why homework should not be banned, we should give it a fair chance. Indeed, for introverted students, homework gives time to reflect and practice on their own, away from school with its noise and crowds, which is beneficial. Moreover, each skill requires practice to develop. However, not all practice is as good as another. Mindless repetition without expert guidance that a teacher or a tutor can provide, or without an intrinsic motivation is pointless. Therefore, if a student wants to revise class notes or is preparing for a test, it’s great. If he or she is struggling and needs a bit more practice, it’s legit too. However, the default hours of assigned exercises are redundant.
Homework provides parents with an insight into their child’s progress and struggles. Instead of seeing only the dry facts presented in progress reports, they are aware of their child’s learning journey and take an active part in it. Helping children with their homework creates an opportunity for quality time together and bonding. However, there comes a point where parents can no longer help, or homework is so voluminous it actually gets in the way of family time. Often enough children have no choice but to skip family dinner in favor of homework, or a parent’s schedule prevents them from assisting the child with their assignments. Therefore, this argument defends homework only to a point.
Homework allows teachers to keep track of student’s academic progress between the tests and identify timely any signs of grappling with a particular topic or activity. It also helps to detect any learning disabilities and offers a correction course, when students might get a personalized homework. However, many teachers and parents argue that all this should be done in class, and homework only exists because classes are too large. The number of students per teacher is inadequate to practice personalized approach to teaching without the help of homework – at least in some schools.
Time-management skills and ability to organize your work are very in-demand in any workplace. It’s only fair that schools should prepare students for the future by teaching them early on the accountability, planning, discipline, and independent research that homework calls for. Prioritizing homework and creating a schedule around it is a great practice. This is one of the arguments in support of homework that really holds water. However, grueling hours of daily homework could be easily swapped with revisions and individual projects without defeating this laudable purpose.
Should School Ban Homework: Our Conclusion
In the view of all the arguments, should schools ban homework or at least stop giving students this much of homework each day? Our answer is a confident yes. Even if school officials decide to keep it, they should at least be limiting homework to a maximum of 2 hours a day, all subjects combined, to avoid adverse effects such as burnout, isolation, and health-related issues.
However, it’s not up to us. What if schools all over the country were forced to revise their homework policies and teachers together with parents were given a vote on the matter? What would happen then? The answer is not that definite.
While some parents compare homework to unpaid forced child labor and demand children should be free from it, others worry that without homework children will achieve less and will have fewer opportunities for college and employment. Some lament that their middle-school kids are sneaking out of their beds at night to finish their homework, while others say that without homework children will have no structure to their schedule and more time for mischief.
One thing is certain – some flexibility is called for. Parents and children should be given a choice of opting out if they feel that homework is too much for them.
What’s Your Side in Should-Homework-Be-Banned Debate?
Which of the above reasons seem most convincing to you? Are you all for or against banning the homework altogether? As a student, you must have wished at least at some point for your homework to disappear! Whatever school officials may decide in the future, at least you can always count on homework help online when things are particularly tough. In case you need an essay writer free , dessertation proofreader or an article editor, just address our services and see what we can offer.
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Why Homework Should Be Banned Forever
Lots of homework continues to be one of the most disappointing things for millions of students. Crowds of learners would like to have more free time. Who can do my homework for me? Is it possible to get professional assistance with completing academic assignments? Students are constantly looking for answers to these questions. However, we’ve got excellent news for you. The fact is that you might have tons of excuses for not doing homework , but we are always ready to help you with writing essays. But is it possible to ban homework? What if you won’t get any assignments? Should homework be banned in your school or college? Let’s try to explore more info about these issues.
Should Homework Be Banned Pros And Cons
There is nothing new that millions of students believe that homework should be banned. But what do scientists and professors think about this initiative? Why homework should be banned? What are its drawbacks? Discover the real pros and cons of canceling home assignments.
Why Homework Should Be Banned: Pros Of Having No Home Assignments
Still hesitate, whether homework should be banned? There are plenty of benefits to having no home assignments.
Students Can Start Building Careers
Learning and working at the same time is incredibly difficult. Therefore, many students can’t start building their careers during studies. All they can do is to stick to books days and nights. However, in case learners don’t need to complete various home assignments, they can get their first jobs and try working in different fields. This simple trick will help learners choose the most fitting niches according to their preferences and get hands-on experience before graduation.
Have More Free Time
Why homework should be banned? The main reason is just obvious. Students desperately need more free time! Every learner is dreaming about traveling, going to parties, establishing relationships, and hanging out with friends. However, they still need to learn a lot. Furthermore, many undergraduates are forced to complete their assignments at night.
Become Healthier
Should homework be banned? Sure! The reason is that completing numerous academic assignments requires plenty of time and effort. Many learners are feeling exhausted because of too much homework they need to do. Moreover, lots of academic tasks might lead to chronic fatigue and stress. Why homework should be banned? This should be done to make students rest more and avoid being overloaded with academic assignments. This measure will surely help students feel happier and healthier.
Improve Academic Performance
Many students are feeling tired and sleepy in the classroom. That’s all because they learn too much. But what will happen in case they don’t have any home assignments at all? What if they don’t need to write essays and remember tons of new data? This will make them have more energy and put more effort into learning in the class. This way, the learners will have higher grades and better academic performance.
Spend More Time With Family And Friends
Learning is a long and challenging process. Many students are forced to miss birthdays, family events, and even stay at the campus on holidays because they need to complete dozens of various assignments. If you are lucky not to have any homework, you can visit all celebrations, weddings, and high days that are important for you and your family members.
Should Homework Be Banned? Cons Of Having No Homework
Many educators think that homework is an inevitable part of the educational process. But why is it so important? Should homework be banned or it is vital for successful learning? It’s time to discover the benefits of doing homework.
Remember Important Information Better
Young learners need to remember lots of new data when listening to the professor in the classroom. Moreover, they often have to learn several completely different subjects in a single day. Is it possible to keep in mind tons of facts, arguments, formulas, and examples? Of course, it is too difficult for a common student. When you complete your academic assignments, you explore this info once again, as well as gain new knowledge. This means your process of learning is becoming more productive.
Discover Where And How To Find Necessary Data
Doing the research is one of the steps of writing essays and completing academic assignments. Students learn how to choose reliable sources, pick up only relevant information, and find the necessary info using different channels. Can educators really ban homework? Yes, they can. However, you will need more time to receive a diploma or get your qualification.
Discover The Basic Of Time Management
Doing homework requires plenty of time. However, students are expected to find a healthy balance between learning, working, and having free time. This means learners should become effective managers for themselves to become successful. Time-management is one of the necessary fields almost all people use in their everyday life. The sooner the students learn its basics, the better.
Become More Independent
Doing homework is only a learner’s responsibility. Students need to complete their tasks on time and cope with all assignments in the most effective way. Of course, there are mentors and teachers, as well as academic writing professionals who can help them cope with homework. However, it is still the job of a student to complete all assignments before the deadline
Why Homework Should Be Banned: Or Should It?
Having no homework has been a dream of crowds of learners for years. However, making it come true is hardly possible. Doing homework allows students to obtain plenty of important skills, as well as gain new knowledge. Completing academic assignments helps them become skilled professionals with a deep understanding of various aspects of a chosen field.
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Research by the City University of New York noted that "students who engage in self-regulatory processes while completing homework," such as goal-setting, time management, and remaining focused, "are generally more motivated and are higher achievers than those who do not use these processes." [ 18]
Should we stop setting homework? In my opinion, even though there are potential risks of negative effects, homework should not be banned. Small amounts, assigned with specific learning goals in mind and with proper parental support, can help to improve students' performance.
Banning it would reduce these risks immediately. 5. Eliminating homework would allow for an established sleep cycle. The average high school student requires between 8-10 hours of sleep to function at their best the next day. Grade-school students may require an extra hour or two beyond that figure.
High schools in Ridgewood, N.J., and Fairfax County, Va., among others, have banned homework over school breaks. The entire second grade at Taylor Elementary School in Arlington, Va., abolished...
March 10, 2014 Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework A Stanford researcher found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance and even alienation from society.
If homework has nothing to do with the topic or subject being studied, it should be banned. It's unethical to assign homework that students haven't completed in class and expect good grades. This is the nineteen reason why homework should be banned. Also read: Is Homework Illegal AnyWhere? 20 Other Reasons about Why Homework Should be Banned
Homework should be prohibited if it has nothing to do with the topic or subject being studied. It is unethical to provide homework that students did not cover in class and expect decent reports. More love, more care Even the most strict parents agree that they do not visit their children on a regular basis.
One of the valuable reasons why homework should be banned is the fact most teachers fail to explain everything needed to solve the task during the class. Parents cannot help with every task. Student's friends lack the experience to help, and they have work to do.
Top 10 Reasons Why Homework Should Be Banned 1. Down Time at Home 2. Negative Impact on Tests 3. Threat to Kid's Nerves 4. Extra Challenges 5. Lack of Support 6. The Way Students Perceive Things 7. Writing Has Different Effects 8. No Real Impact on Performance 9. Irrelevant Content 10. More Love, More Care Should Homework Be Banned Pros and Cons?
Homework should be banned if it has nothing to do with the subject being studied. It is not fair to ask students to complete homework on any topic that is not taught in class. If the students have no knowledge of new concepts, then it would become tougher for them to finish such homework on time. More reasons why homework should be banned
Should homework be banned? The big debate Homework is a polarising topic. It can cause students to feel stressed or anxious. It adds extra pressure on teachers, who are often already struggling with their workloads. And, some parents resent the way homework can cut into family time at home. Yet despite this,... By Maria Di Mario April 28, 2021
Amidst the many reasons why homework should be banned, the ones that stand out include undue stress caused to students. In addition, children are left with no time to pursue hobbies or sports of their choice. To a large extent, they also do not have time to revise what is taught at school or invest time to enhance their subject knowledge.
So, should homework be banned? We believe that it should not. Banning it would not bring any real benefit to students. Yes, we do agree that teachers should try to assign less homework every week. They rarely think about their students and about their time.
While homework may help some students improve in specific subjects, if they have outside help there is no real proof that homework makes for improvements. It can be a challenge to really enforce the completion of homework, and students can still get decent grades without doing their homework.
Why Homework Should Not Be Banned 1. Critical thinking skills have improved. 2. Sense of self-sufficiency has grown. 3. Creating a buzz of excitement. 4. Improved research abilities. 5. Keeping screen time to a minimum 6. Learning to multitask is a valuable skill 7. Preparing to go for Exams Conclusion: Why Homework Should Be Banned FAQs Q1.
Why should homework not be banned facts? Homework is important because it helps your child develop positive study habits that will serve him or her well throughout life. The second reason why homework should not banned is because it helps students when they grow up. It will help students with their self-esteem, become more responsible, and ...
And homework has a greater positive effect on students in secondary school (grades 7-12) than those in elementary. "Every child should be doing homework, but the amount and type that they're doing ...
According to Duke professor Harris Cooper, it's important that students have homework. His meta-analysis of homework studies showed a correlation between completing homework and academic success, at least in older grades. He recommends following a "10 minute rule": students should receive 10 minutes of homework per day in first grade, and 10 ...
This is one of the arguments, on which even the proponents of homework, people for whom its pros outweigh the cons, agree. If not outright banned, homework should at least be limited down to the volume that is defined by the policies and the law. That means students must have a 40-hour workweek - no more than their full-time employed parents ...
In 2013, research conducted at Stanford University found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of ...
Should homework be banned? Sure! The reason is that completing numerous academic assignments requires plenty of time and effort. Many learners are feeling exhausted because of too much homework they need to do. Moreover, lots of academic tasks might lead to chronic fatigue and stress.