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Liping Guo; Jieyun Li; Zheng Xu; Xiaoling Hu; Chunyan Liu; Xin Xing; Xiuxia Li; Howard White; Kehu Yang – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2024
Homework is a common activity among K-12 students, and numerous observational meta-analyses have confirmed the positive relationship between homework and academic performance. However, considering children's limited energy and attention, several researchers have proposed an optimum time to spend on homework. This Campbell review examines the…
Descriptors: Homework, Time on Task, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Yao Wu; Katie Gilligan-Lee; Terry Ng-Knight; Harriet R. Tenenbaum – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Homework is a multifaceted process that involves a complex interplay of factors. However, the processes underlying homework behavior are not yet fully understood. In Study 1, we tested a model of homework processes by examining the influences and consequences of homework behavior based on 473 Chinese students. In Study 2 with 159 British students,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
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Planchard, Matthew; Daniel, Kristy L.; Maroo, Jill; Mishra, Chandrani; McLean, Tim – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2015
We conducted a mixed methods study in an upper-level genetics course exploring the relationships between student motivation, homework completion, and academic achievement at the college level. We used data from an open-ended questionnaire, homework grades and completion reports, and exam scores. We used these data sources to measure self-perceived…
Descriptors: Genetics, College Science, Homework, Student Motivation
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Searls, Donald T.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1985
Examines data from the 1979-80 National Assessment of Reading that reveals that television as external stimulation is beneficial to some groups of students yet detrimental to others. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
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Kramer, Steven L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
A study of British Columbia high schools found that block scheduling can endanger mathematics achievement. Reduced math scores were attributed to irregular planning time, little opportunity to modify curriculum; and the provincial examination system. Longer time blocks cannot succeed without adequate planning time, curricular restructuring, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Kazmierzak, Karen S. – 1994
A study examined the efficacy of homework assignments on the learning and academic achievement of 13 high school students in a second-year German class. During the first and second quarters of the 1993-94 school year, each homework assignment was checked by the teacher and assigned a grade of two points if it was complete, one point if incomplete,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attitudes, German, Grades (Scholastic)
Tsang, Sau-Lim; Wing, Linda C. – 1985
Noting the lack of a comprehensive body of knowledge about Asian American educational achievement and attainment, this document examines recent national data in order to develop an empirical profile of the educational status of Asian American secondary and postsecondary students. According to the data, higher proportions of Asian Americans than of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Demography, Educational Attainment