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Axford, Nick; Berry, Vashti; Lloyd, Jenny; Moore, Darren; Rogers, Morwenna; Hurst, Alison; Blockley, Kelly; Durkin, Hannah; Minton, Jacqueline – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) commissioned a team from the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter to conduct: (1) a review of the best available evidence about what schools can do to improve children's learning and attainment via parent engagement, and (2) supplementary research to understand schools' current practices and…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior
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Rudman, Nicholas Paul Charles – Research in Education, 2014
Homework in the primary school is a subject much debated by teachers, parents and pupils. This paper offers a brief critique of key issues in the current homework debate with particular reference to research literature, theoretical perspectives, educational policy and other professional publications. Consequently, a discourse between homework in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Educational Research, Academic Achievement
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Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1985
Reviews some of the existing data on the effects of homework on learning. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Homework
Silvis, Helen – Northwest Education, 2002
Homework may boost academic achievement, involve parents in their children's schoolwork, and teach students to study independently. However, critics claim that homework increases family conflict, limits independent learning, and widens the achievement gap. After-school homework clubs help students whose home life doesn't support getting help from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Philosophy
Doyle, Mary Anne E.; Barber, Betsy S. – 1990
Three types of homework assignments are common in U.S. schools: practice, preparation, and extension. Reasons cited for assigning homework are: (1) Doing homework is useful as an act of intellectual discipline; (2) Homework eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered; (3) Homework fosters student initiative,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
Duranti, Alessandro; Ochs, Elinor – 1996
This report introduces the concept of syncretic literacy by examining an exchange in which a 6-year-old Samoan-American boy, in his urban Los Angeles (California) home, involves members of his extended family to complete homework. The study illustrates how English is sometimes used in ways that are consistent with the socialization practices…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Conflict, Elementary School Students