Learning » The Recovery Curriculum & School Improvement at Pool » Our Key Areas of Research (KAR) » Does Homework Help Our Children?
January 2018
In November 2017, we surveyed the opinions of our pupils, parents and staff about the value of homework in general and whether the type of homework activities we currently give our children are helpful.
Here are the results from each of the groups (Rec & Y1 conducted theirs with the class teacher to ensure understanding and to allow opportunities for discussion and questions):
In November 2017, we surveyed the opinions of our pupils, parents and staff about the value of homework in general and whether the type of homework activities we currently give our children are helpful.
Here are the results from each of the groups (Rec & Y1 conducted theirs with the class teacher to ensure understanding and to allow opportunities for discussion and questions):
Parent Analysis
Staff Analysis
We have analysed the results from each group's survey to make amendments to our Learning at Home Policy (January '18).
We have also referred to the following published articles to gain further insight in to current research outside our school community:
Research Articles
- ‘Chapter 10: Rethinking Homework’ From ‘Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing’
- ‘Homework’ By: McReynolds, Kate
- ‘Homework and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review of research’ By: Baş, Gökhan
- ‘Homework provides children with key components for learning’ By: Holstead, Jenell; King, Mindy; Weikel, Megan
- ‘Homework: Promises, Pitfalls and Purposes’ By: Muller, Rochelle
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