Kids become burned out because excessive amounts of homework takes away from family time and extra curricular activities. Too much homework causes stress for the student and family. If homework levels exceed the 10 minute rule, students begin to feel overwhelmed and unmotivated. Children may also gain a sense of personal responsibility and increased independence because they learn to manage their time and expanding their organizational skills. Good study habits develop because of daily homework. When homework follows the 10-minute rule (10 minutes of homework per grade level), these benefits are the greatest for high school students. Good homework reinforces what is taught at school. Giving students extra practice, allows those concepts to be committed to each student’s long term memory. Homework can provide an increased understanding of concepts taught at school. Is homework really worth the time and effort? Students and parents alike will continue to ask the question…
Regardless of how our children feel about homework, the level of difficulty, or how long it takes, it will be assigned. He hates homework! His afternoon and evening is spent working on his assignments.ĭo either of these sound familiar? Maybe your child falls somewhere in the middle. He talks about how HARD it is going to be and how long it is going to take.
He is full of dread and states that he just doesn’t understand why he has to complete it. Student B arrives home from school, has his snack and immediately begins complaining about his homework.
She states that she doesn’t understand why homework is even assigned because it is just so EASY! She heads to her room, completes her homework and reports back in thirty minutes that she finished. Student A arrives home from school, has a snack and tells her mom about her day. Consider the following two homework scenarios…
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