Is homework necessary?

Question

I am taking a survey on whether or not homework is a necessary part of elementary, middle, and high school students' lives.

Answer 1

Definitely.

The saying "practice makes perfect" pretty much says it all. When learning something, repetition is often the key. So, doing problems in class and then doing them independently at home are excellent learning tools.

Too much homework - or homework for the sake of homework - is not necessary. I am not a fan of busywork - only actual work which helps students learn content or process.

Answer 2

It depends on the class and the homework. I didn't learn much by coloring pictures of cactuses for a high school American history class. Lots of teachers give useless make-work assignments so that the students are "doing something."

But you learn to do lots of things (like math) by doing different kinds of problems until you can consistently get the right answer. In many college classes homework is assigned but isn't collected or graded -- your punishment if you don't do it is that you miss the related questions on the exams. But students are more likely to actually do it if it "counts".

Answer 3

I firmly believe in the benefits of homework for primary school children:- not only does it reinforce the work being carried out in class, it also gives the childrens parents a better idea of what is required in the syllabus. It is significant that the Government has this endorsed this view as there are statutory guidelines for all Key Stage1 and 2 pupils.

Answer 4

Yes, it teaches children how to stay on task outside of school, helping them organize their time and energy. Most children spend in Middle school and High school spend about 3 hours of learning time in each of their classes, this is not enough to prepare them for college and the outside world.
While sometimes I do see teachers that give excessive homework, I do not agree with the complete abolishment of it.
It also helps the parents become involved in their child's education.

Answer 5

Only if the student needs the extra practice beyond the time the teacher has to teach the subject in. Otherwise, kids are in school long enough. They don't need the work beyond. Besides, it teaches them that it's ok to take work home.

Answer 6

Yes, but it has to be balanced. Maybe after school sports clubs should be looked on as homework, and students could be encouraged to get a mix of sports as well as pure study.

Answer 7

I am sorry but you asked the wrong person... I am so adamant about homework that it makes me a subjective person... If I was dictator of this country.. I would make it mandatory that homework be doubled.. Today.. I see MOST students having NO homework. What a huge waste of time lost in their lives

Answer 8

It has been proven that those who take an interest in the homework are much more likely to benefit rather than someone who is looking it as a punishment. It should not overburden students though.

Answer 9

The teacher's I know say it isn't, especially in junior school. They give it to satisfy the parents. Sad,hey?
There you are slogging your little bots off just to make your parents feel as though you're doing something vital to your education.
From my own point of view, I think it is good if it makes you revise, teaches you to work on your own and generally keeps you off the streets.

Answer 10

Yes, it helps continual brain function, and the more you review over something you are more likely to remember it, that is how the brain learns, so in theory without homework, everybody would forget 80 percent of what they learnt in school;....so ther...thanks....ombudsman..