What are the advantages and disadvantage of having homework and why do we have homework?

Answer 1

Disadvantage - it takes time and effort;
Advantage - it helps you understand and/or retain the information being taught and helps you develop study skills

Answer 2

Advantages- If you don't understand the material u are doing the hw in such as math or history it give u chance to imporve your grade. Teachers and professors like to see students trying and what they are teaching is actually being understood by their students. Also another good thing about homework is it helps students keep their heads in the books. If we got no homework do you really think that students would study come test time.

Disadvantages- So it takes a little bit of time and effort and a little bit of TV time away but let me ask you this. If you really think that a disadvantage to having hw is having less fun when you get home is that really a disadvantage. Homework is there to help you not put u at a disadvantage. So I will say that there is no disadvantage to doing hw.

Answer 3

Your teachers can only gloss over all the subjects they must cover. Through homework, you learn discipline and time management. You learn that there are other interesting things besides Cosmo, etc. to read. You learn how to do research which is useful when you teacher isn't that great and leaves a lot of gaps.
Now that you have to pass a test to receive your diploma, it's so important to learn good study habits so you'll retain what you've learned.
Disadvantages:You're not trained to take notes. Your math skills will be no better than your teachers. If she doesn't have a good grasp, you won't either.Homework won't help unless you have a friend who understands math and can explain it to you..Your teacher can't guide you through steps that make no sense to her.
And finally, Teachers will overload you with homework assignments never caring that your other instructors like overloading, too. They're not concerned that you're struggling trying to study for other tests, write essays for other classes and feel frustrated.

Answer 4

homework can serve a number of functions:

- it can contain repetitive information. this sort of homework is used to reinforce concepts learned in class.

- it can contain new information. this sort of homework allows us to understand topics that the instructor either did not teach, or did not have time to teach in great detail.

- it can contain mentally exercising materials . this type of homework is meant to teach student how to teach themselves. this includes work like research papers that show us how to find information that is not readily available.

- junk work. there is also homework that is assigned because teachers at some schools need to assign a certain amount of work and have nothing better to give you.


Homework teaches us a lot, and the only disadvantages are the time it takes, and the pressure that results from some institutions placing to high an emphasis upon out of class work.

hope this helped.

Answer 5

As for disadvantages the only one that i can think of would be the fact that it is time consuming. However doing homework will help you to be more knowledgeable on the subject you have it in which in turn will lead to better grades. The reason that we have homework is becuase class time is meant for teaching. It is your responsibility to take what you have learned and apply it.

Answer 6

I always liked homework because I am an independent learner. I always got more out of lying down with a textbook then I ever did out of listening to a teacher or a professor. Usually the instructor just reiterates what the textbook says anyway so going to class is almost a waste of time (but you should always go for the attendance). Best of all, if you do your homework you will have intelligent things to say in class if the teacher ever calls on you.

Answer 7

The homework is so you can demonstrate that you've learned a lesson on specified topic. For some odd reason it is imperative that we all demonstrate that we've learned a certain standard in courses established as required by some school board. But, I do agree doing homework in mathematics does help you understand the concepts and can help you later in life with finances and economics.

Answer 8

The advantages of having homework are learning and retaining information. Homework helps you not forget what you have learned, and reinforces it in your brain.
The disadvantages of homework are that it's not fun to do, and it takes time away from fun activities.

Answer 9

Think of homework as practice for sports, only not as fun to you, maybe.
The more you do, the better you get (if you put in effort and really try).
Homework can sometimes take up much time, and for all you lazy people out there, a disadvantage of homework is that it causes you to think and you are supposed to put effort into it.
Hope this helps! ;-)

Answer 10

We get homework so we can improve our learning and understand what we are doing. For example, you get algebra homework so you understand the lesson and how to solve the equations.

advantages
- improves learning
- helps us to understand thing better
- prepares us for tests
-sometimes it can be fun!

disadvantages
-sometimes we get alot
- boring at times
- sometimes it doesn't help us to understand the material