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Fernández-Alonso, Rubén; Suárez-Álvarez, Javier; Muñiz, José – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Classical educational research provides empirical evidence of the positive effect of doing homework on academic results. Nonetheless, when this effect is analyzed in detail there are inconsistent, and in some cases, contradictory results. The central aim of this study was to systematically investigate the effect of homework on performance of…
Descriptors: Homework, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Bowman, Charles R.; Gulacar, Ozcan; King, Daniel B. – Journal of Learning Design, 2014
With the amount of data available through an online homework system about students' study habits, it stands to reason that such systems can be used to identify likely student outcomes. A study was conducted to see how student usage of an online chemistry homework system (OWL) correlated with student success in a general chemistry course. Online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Homework, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
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Richards-Babb, Michelle; Curtis, Reagan; Georgieva, Zornitsa; Penn, John H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Use of online homework as a formative assessment tool for organic chemistry coursework was examined. Student perceptions of online homework in terms of (i) its ranking relative to other course aspects, (ii) their learning of organic chemistry, and (iii) whether it improved their study habits and how students used it as a learning tool were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Homework, Electronic Learning
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Janssen, Susan; O'Brien, Maureen – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
The interplay among motivation, ability, attitudes, behaviors, homework, and learning is unclear from previous research. We analyze data collected from 687 students enrolled in seven economics courses. A model explaining homework and exam scores is estimated, and separate analyses of ability and motivation groups are conducted. We find that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Performance Factors
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Deveci, I.; Onder, I. – Science Education International, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the views of the students on homework assignments for science courses. Survey method was adopted for this study. The sample for the study was composed of 1584 seventh and eighth grade students from middle schools. The views of the students regarding homework assignments for science and technology…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Homework, Assignments
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Cheng, Liying; Sun, Youyi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
This study investigated Chinese secondary school English language teachers' grading decision making, focusing on the factors they considered and types of assessment they used for grading. A questionnaire was issued to 350 secondary school English language teachers in China. Descriptive analyses of the questionnaire data showed that these teachers…
Descriptors: Grading, Decision Making, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Booster, Genery D.; Mautone, Jennifer A.; Nissley-Tsiopinis, Jenelle; Van Dyke, Devin; Power, Thomas J. – School Psychology Review, 2016
Accumulating research has identified family behavioral interventions as an empirically supported psychosocial treatment for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The mechanisms behind the effectiveness of these interventions, however, have been less well studied. The current study examined possible mediators of improvement…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Family Programs, Intervention
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Barnett, Barbara; Cothern, Katherine – Journal of International Students, 2011
This study covers the effects that social media use has on the daily lives of college students. More specifically, the current study focuses on college students' academic success, study habits, social interaction, and family interaction. Social media is a source of online tools that allow people from across the world to communicate with others.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Influence of Technology
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Wagner, Petra; Schober, Barbara; Spiel, Christiane – Learning and Instruction, 2008
The paper presents three studies which deal with the time students spend working at home for school. In addition, the paper focuses on the distribution of time investment over the course of a week and on the relationship between academic achievement and time spent working at home for school. In sum, 824 students with an average age of 15 years…
Descriptors: Age, Academic Achievement, Diaries, Homework
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Frisbee, William R. – Research in Higher Education, 1984
Results suggest that while homework assignments, tests, and required texts increase the time students allot to a given course, and time allocated to a given course has a positive effect on course grades, the combination has a negative effect on course grade. High school performance is positively related to time given to a course but not to course…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education