How much HOMEWORK should an eight year old have? Is there research positive or negative about H.W?

Question

I am a teacher and have never seen research about Homework.

Answer 1

I don't know where the research came from, but our school's policy is research-based and it says that students should receive roughly 10 minutes of homework per grade level. SO, a kindergartener would do 5-10 min. ( a simple worksheet, etc.), while a 3rd grader does 1/2 hour, and a 6th grader does 1 hour. I don't know if that applies beyond 6th grade, but it would make sense to me for a 12th grader to have 2 hours of homework. Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Our district has guidelines for homework--15 minutes for K and 1st grade--then it adds 15 minutes after that--so 30 for 2nd and 3rd grade, 45 for 4th/5th.

There is some new research I read in Time I think about how too much homework turns kids off from school. I agree--some districts require lots of homework and use homework to cover what they can't get cover in class. That is not how homework should be handled in my opinion. It should be a review of skills and, though necessary, not overwhelming. I know of some 2nd graders who had over an hour of homework a night. That's just ridiculous.

The sad thing is with high stakes testing, this is what education has relegated itself to being. Teachers are being told they MUST do it this way--and we have no say even if we disagree and know it isn't' working for the children. It is truly sad how it has become.

Answer 3

When my son was 8 years old it seemed like he had allot of homework all the time. I don't remember having 1/2 of the work that the kids have today. I think that they would benefit more from doing the work in class where the teacher is there to aid if necessary since allot of what they are studying today if so far advanced from when I was young that I can't help allot of the time and I graduated top of my class and went on to a vocational profession. Maybe you can start the new generation that doesn't have a ton of homework every night

Answer 4

Well, all I can tell you is that my middle grandson was 8 last year, and even though he is an exceptionally bright, advanced student, the amount of homework that he was loaded down with daunted him so badly, that by the end of the year he was completing almost nothing. He just gave up. He would "forget" it at school (he would let you know this after you got a letter from the teacher the next day). He would "forget" to do it at home, and just daydream his 2 hours of homework time away. He would "forget" to take it to school the next day, and only find it mashed under his bed, after you threatened him with no electronics for the rest of the week.

Just who is making up these school curriculums? The Marquis de Sade?

You ask that boy now, if he's looking forward to going back to school, and the answer is always NO! Learning used to be fun. Just what did they do with the fun?

By the way, they REWARDED him for his non-completion of assigned tasks with mostly A's on his report cards. Go figure!

Answer 5

I am also a teacher. When I taught second and third grade, each child had math homework every night and was required to practice reading 15-30 minutes (gradual increase in time throughout the academic year) each night. Weekends are free from any type of HW. Additionally, there may be projects in Science/Social Studies and Language Arts. Of course there is always study time for district Benchmarks and state-mandated tests!

Answer 6

I taught third grade last year. I felt that 1/2 hour a night was appropriate for that age. Often, the school administration would pressure me to give more homework. They felt that at least an hour was necessary.

I would say anything over an hour is excessive, but that's just my opinion. I don't think I've seen any research on it myself.

Answer 7

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