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Blanaid Gavin; Conal Twomey; Elisha Minihan; Gary O'Reilly; Fiona McNicholas – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Extant evidence indicates that there is a stronger link between homework difficulties and ADHD than in the general population of children. In addition, parents' involvement in education is an important factor in academic success. Despite the well-established challenges that homework presents to children with ADHD, none of the existing treatment…
Descriptors: Intervention, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Homework, Learning Problems
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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
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Otto, Barbara; Karbach, Julia – Educational Psychology, 2019
The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of private tutoring on parental involvement and the parent-child relationship. Seventy-six students voluntarily participated in the longitudinal study (38 students newly signed up for private tutoring and a matched control group). Data were collected with a student questionnaire that was…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Tutors, Private Education, Student Attitudes
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Goetz, Thomas; Nett, Ulrike E.; Martiny, Sarah E.; Hall, Nathan C.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Dettmers, Swantje; Trautwein, Ulrich – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In the present study (N = 553; 8th and 11th grade students; 52% female) we investigated students' enjoyment, pride, anxiety, anger, and boredom while completing homework (homework emotions), and contrasted these emotions with those experienced during class (classroom emotions). Both homework emotions and classroom emotions were assessed separately…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Educational Practices, Grade 11
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Lichtenfeld, Stephanie; Pekrun, Reinhard; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Reiss, Kristina; Murayama, Kou – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This article reports about the development and validation of a measurement instrument assessing elementary school students' achievement emotions (Achievement Emotions Questionnaire-Elementary School, AEQ-ES). Specifically, the instrument assesses students' enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom pertaining to three types of academic settings (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Homework, Academic Achievement
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Stoeger, Heidrun; Ziegler, Albert – Metacognition and Learning, 2008
A study on classroom based training of self-regulated learning was conducted with fourth grade pupils attending German public schools. The participating classes were assigned randomly to either a training group or a control group. The pupils in the training group received 5 weeks of training, as depicted by Zimmerman, Bonner, & Kovach…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Homework, Self Efficacy, Time Management
McAdams, Richard P. – Principal, 1994
A recent study of schooling in five nations with well-developed educational systems (Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, and Japan) reveals that most of them share important characteristics not generally found in American schools. Results suggest that U.S. elementary educators should reconfigure school-year length, vacation time, and the pace of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Improvement