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ICT Use at Home for School-Related Tasks: What Is the Effect on a Student's Achievement? Empirical Evidence from OECD PISA Data
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Gil-Izquierdo, María; Han, Seong Won – Education Economics, 2020
In this paper, we have employed data from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA, 2012 edition) on the EU-15 countries in order to investigate the effect of using ICT at home on achievement. By employing Propensity Score Matching, we provide robust evidence that in most countries there is a negative association between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Use, Homework, Family Environment
Homework through the Eyes of Children: What Does Visual Ethnography Invite Us to See?
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Hutchison, Kirsten – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
Whilst the notion of children's rights and an entitlement to express their views and participate as global citizens is threaded throughout the international policy field, children's perspectives on the near ubiquitous practice of homework, and its effects on their daily lives and learner subjectivities, remain under-researched. Drawing on the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Homework, Participatory Research, Ethnography
Homework: Too Much, Too Little? Research Brief
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Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2007
What is homework? What value and benefit does it have for students? Some common perceptions from the students' perspective is that it is busy work, it takes away from other activities (i.e. sports, clubs, hanging out with friends, jobs, etc.), and/or it prevents them from getting as much sleep as they would like. From the teachers' perspective: it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Study Habits, Homework