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Grodner, Andrew; Rupp, Nicholas G. – Journal of Economic Education, 2013
In this article, the authors describe a field experiment in the classroom where principles of micro-economics students are randomly assigned into homework-required and not-required groups. The authors find that homework plays an important role in student learning, especially so for students who initially perform poorly in the course. Students in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Homework, Assignments
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1983
North Carolina students taking statewide achievement tests in grades 6 and 9 were ased two questions about the amount of time they spend doing homework: how much time do you spend doing assigned homework, and how much time do you spend doing work which is not assigned or required by the teacher? The results were compared with their scores on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Elementary Education, Homework
Brawner, Catherine E.; Felder, Richard M.; Allen, Rodney; Brent, Rebecca – Grantee Submission, 2003
SUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education) is an eight-campus coalition of engineering schools formed in 1992 under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. In 1997, a faculty survey of instructional practices and attitudes regarding the climate for teaching on the Coalition campuses was designed…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning