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Learning from the World: Achieving More by Doing Less
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Baines, Lawrence – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Throughout the United States, initiatives are being launched to extend the school day, increase homework, integrate technology, and require more high-stakes testing. The underlying assumption is that more time in school, more homework, more technology, and more high stakes testing will produce smarter, better-prepared students. Instead of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Schedules, Homework, Educational Technology
Learning from the World: Achieving More by Doing Less
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Baines, Lawrence – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
At this moment, in school districts throughout the United States, initiatives are being launched to extend the school day, increase homework, integrate technology, and require more high-stakes testing. The assumption underlying these initiatives is that more and more--more time in school, more homework, more technology, and more high-stakes…
Descriptors: Homework, Educational Change, Extended School Year, Comparative Education
Solving Communication Problems about Homework: Recommendations of Special Education Teachers.
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Bursuck, William D.; Harniss, Mark K.; Epstein, Michael H.; Polloway, Edward A.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Wissinger, Lisa M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Special-education teachers (N=673) rank-ordered recommendations for improving communication between teachers and parents concerning homework for students with disabilities. Results support the importance of general educators and parents monitoring homework, provision of opportunities for parents and teachers to communicate, exploration of…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education