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Finstad, Elaine – 1987
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether homework affects second grade mathematics achievement. The study involved two classes of on-grade-level students and involved a unit on place value. The results indicated that the achievement of the experimental group, which was given homework, was better than the achievement of the control…
Descriptors: Assignments, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Useem, Elizabeth L. – 1990
On the premise that it is important to examine parental attitudes as children enter the middle grades since it is at this point that decision shaping students' subsequent course taking patterns are made, this study examined the degree to which parents were involved in the assignment of their children to mathematics courses in the seventh grade.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Assignments, Correlation, Course Selection (Students)