Researchers suggest that doing homework set by teachers is linked to better performance in maths, reading and science.
In the minds of many adults, there is a correlation between the amount of homework set and the progress made.
I hope the strike will be a starting point for discussion about the type and amount of homework set.
The CEAPA (which represents 12,000 parent/teacher organisations) is organising protests against what it claims is too much homework set by schools.
According to teachers belonging to the ATL in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Leeds and Wigan, formal homework set by teachers under the direction of the government is of dubious benefit.
Given that Programme for International Student Assessment chart-toppers Finland and Shanghai appear at either end of this survey, there doesn't appear to be a clear link between length of homework set and systemic grade outcomes.
(30 minutes) Elimination Challenge: Between 5 and 9 p.m., shop for and cook dinner, drive the carpool, pick up dry cleaning, help with math homework, set up tomorrow's play date, take the trash to the curb and call your mother.
Homework set for the students was related to the newsletter.
Homework set for the students will be related to the newsletter.
However, we believe it would be feasible, for example, to design a series of questions in an online homework set containing open-response questions.
