The book the homework myth states that homework is bad foir children you agree?

Answer 1

Never read the book, but my answer to the assumption is no it doesn't have to be.


However there is a lot of emphasis put on homework by a lot of teachers for a lot of different reasons. I remember growing up that homework was often assigned to material not yet covered in class. Then class time was spent understanding anything you did not understand. This worked well because if you did not do your homework, all would be explained in class. However someone somewhere decided this was a bad thing, and switched the model so that you cover the information first and then assign the homework on that material.

Here it gets tricky. If the student fully understood the information, the assignment then is reinforcing the classwork and all is good. If the student did not fully understand the information given in class, the assignment then forces the student to learn on his own or fail the assignment. This still is not a bad thing if the teacher is using homework to evaluate their own teaching techniques. If a student is not doing their homework or is doing it poorly it is a reflection of how well the student is learning in the classroom, and what teaching techniques are working and not working for this child.

The negative aspects of homework only come into play when the STUDENTS are evaluated based on how well they are doing on homework.

Unfortunately I have yet to run across many teachers in the last 15 years that are willing to look at a piece of homework as an evaluation of their performance rather than that of the child's. And because of this I am guessing someone decided they needed to write a book on the subject.

Answer 2

What age children? Kids of all ages need to do some homework, but young kids don't need hours upon hours of homework each night. On Good Morning America this morning they were saying that 10 minutes per night times the grade level is a good amount of homework (so 30 minutes per night for 3rd grade, for example) in elementary school. For older kids more homework is actually vital for learning. Older kids can learn a lot by doing homework on their own, while younger kids need more supervision while doing work, so in-class work is more beneficial. At least that's how I understand it.

Answer 3

Homework is a good way to have the students review concepts learned throughout the school year that you feel your students still need practice on (i.e. adding fractions). Homework can be a waste of time when you know, as a teacher, that the students didn't understand the concept in class therefore won't understand it at home.

Answer 4

I assume this book states that it is a myth that homework is bad for children. Are you sure you wrote your question accurately?

Answer 5

no